An unusual case of hypercalcaemia

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 890, 1999, Pages 769-770

  Gama, R ^a,b   Wright, J ^a   Ferns, G ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CALCIUM ION; LITHIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0032756385     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.890.769     Document Type: Note

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