CLDN16 and nephrocalcinosis: Familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis (FHHNC) is an autosomal recessive tubular disorder caused by mutations in genes that encode renal tight junction proteins claudin-16 or claudin-19, which are responsible for magnesium and calcium paracellular reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of Henle's loop.