Value of assessing parathyroid hormone-like activity in a case of extreme hypercalcaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-258

  Ranganath, L ^a   Jamal, H ^a   Jones, L ^a   Goddard, P F ^a  

^a EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypercalcaemia; Nomogram for calcium excretion; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Parathyroid hormones; PTH rP

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0031978167     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.3.257     Document Type: Article

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