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PPHP

PPHP is the abbreviation of pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.

Meaning of pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

Noun

pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (plural pseudopseudohypoparathyroidisms, abbreviation PPHP)

  1. A genetic condition characterized by physical features similar to pseudohypoparathyroidism such as short stature, round facies, and subcutaneous ossifications, but without biochemical abnormalities like calcium or phosphate imbalance, due to normal end-organ responsiveness to parathyroid hormone.
    • Because Gαs is paternally imprinted in certain hormone target tissues, maternal inheritance of AHO leads to multihormone resistance [pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a (PHP1a)], whereas paternal inheritance leads to AHO alone [pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (pseudoPHP)]. Classically, the obesity in...2007, Dominique N. Long, Sarah McGuire, Michael A. Levine, Lee S. Weinstein, Emily L. Germain-Lee, Body Mass Index Differences in Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1a Versus...
    Synonyms:
    pseudoPHP

Questions about PPHP

What is PPHP the abbreviation of?
PPHP is the abbreviation of pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism.

Words near PPHP in the dictionary

  1. PPF
  2. PPFs
  3. ppg
  4. PPGs
  5. pph
  6. PPHP
  7. PPHs
  8. ppi
  9. PPIs
  10. ppl
  11. ppl.

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