Severe hypercalcemia as an initial presenting manifestation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 607-609

  Ghobrial, Michel William ^a   George, John ^a   Mannam, Sunitha ^a   Henien, Samia R ^a  

^a Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hypercalcemia

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POLYDIPSIA; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036754310     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2002/651582     Document Type: Article

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