Hypercalcemia in children

Hypercalcemia is a result of a wide range of hereditary and acquired conditions encountered by general physicians and pediatricians. Calcium participates in several key physiological functions, control of blood coagulation, bone calcification. Calcium homeostasis is tightly regulated by the interplay between absorption from the small intestine and renal tubular reabsorption, bone remodeling, and disposal through the gut and the kidney. These...