Diagnosis of patients with raised serum calcium level in primary care, Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 160-165

  Dalemo, Sofia ^a,b,c   Hjerpe, Per ^a   Bengtsson, Kristina Boström ^a  

^a R and D Centre   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family practice; Hypercalcaemia; Parathyroid hormone; Primary care; Primary hyperparathyroidism

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LITHIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SWEDEN; THYROID DISEASE; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CALCIUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33747649860     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430600784443     Document Type: Article

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