Surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism - Sooner rather than later

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9214, 2000, Pages 1478-1479

  Toft, A D ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034728814     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02158-9     Document Type: Note

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