A) cretinism
B) tetany
C) hypercalcemia
D) myxedema
Correct Answer: B
Solution :
The disease caused by deficiency of parathormone is tetany. It is caused by hypoparathyroidism. Some skeletal muscles usually of hands and feet fail to reflax after contraction and remain in "sustained contraction". This condition called tetany. Tetany of laryngeal, thoracic and phrenic muscles, which helps in breathing, causes death, because the patient fails to breathe (asphyxia).
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