Hypercalcemia secondary to leprosy

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 328, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 357-359

  Couri, Carlos E B ^a   Foss, Norma Tiraboschi ^a   Dos Santos, Cláudio Souza ^a   Albuquerque De Paula, Francisco J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

1,25 Dihydroxyvitamin D; Hypercalcemia; Leprosy; Parathyroid hormone; Parathyroid hormone related protein

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCITRIOL; FUROSEMIDE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LEPROSY; MALE; PRURITUS;

EID: 10644245902     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)33948-3     Document Type: Article

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