Temporary Postthyroidectomy Hypocalcemia

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 168-174

  Falk, Stephen A ^a   Birken, Eric A ^a   Baran, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; THYROIDECTOMY;

CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID HORMONES; SERUM ALBUMIN; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0023928379     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1988.01860140066023     Document Type: Article

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