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Milk-alkali syndrome
Hyperthyroidism
Hyperinsulinism-hyperammonemia syndrome
Sarcoidosis
Jones syndrome
Refeeding syndrome
Leucine-sensitive hypoglycemia of infancy
Johanson–Blizzard syndrome