Calcium carbonate toxicity: The updated milk-alkali syndrome; report of 3 cases and review of the literature

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 272-280

  Picolos, Michalis K ^a   Orlander, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIURETICS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 27744557314     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.11.4.272     Document Type: Article

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