Prevalence of pseudohypoparathyroidism and nonsurgical hypoparathyroidism in Japan in 2017: A nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pseudohypoparathyroidism (PHP) and nonsurgical hypoparathyroidism (NS-HypoPT) are rare diseases with hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and high and low parathyroid hormone levels, respectively. In Japan, over 20 years have passed since the last survey on these diseases. We carried out a nationwide cross-sectional survey to estimate the prevalence of these diseases in 2018.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide mail-based survey targeting hospitals in 2018. From a total of 13,156 departments throughout Japan, including internal medicine, pediatrics, neurology, and psychiatry, 3501 (27%) departments were selected using a stratified random sampling method. We asked each included department to report the number of patients with PHP and NS-HypoPT in 2017.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Takatani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518380 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature