Weight characteristics of the parathyroid glands in renal hyperparathyroidism

Head and Neck

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 509-512

  Debruyne, Frans ^a   Ostyn, Frans ^a   Delaere, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Glandular weight; Parathyroid hyperplasia; Renal hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; HYPERPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0033911569     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0347(200008)22:5<509::AID-HED11>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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