Severe hypocalcaemia associated with extensive osteoblastic metastases in a patient with prostate cancer

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-37

  Fokkema, M I ^a   de Heide, L J M ^b   van Schelven, W D ^b   Hamdy, N A T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BICALUTAMIDE; CALCITRIOL; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; LEUPRORELIN; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; STUPOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; OSTEOBLASTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13444263968     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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