Parathyroid hormone-related protein-induced hypercalcaemia in metastatic melanoma [5]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-347

  Trefzer, Uwe ^a   Pelzer, K ^a   Hofmann, M A ^a   Sterry, W ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 33645993269     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01408.x     Document Type: Letter

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