Clinical management of primary hyperparathyroidism and thresholds for surgical referral: A national study examining concordance between practice patterns and consensus panel recommendations

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 494-503

  Mahadevia, Parthiv J ^a,b   Sosa, Julie Ann ^a,c   Levine, Michael A ^d   Zeiger, Martha A ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a,e,f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; CALCIUM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442359354     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.9.6.494     Document Type: Article

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