What is the best workup for hypocalcemia?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 677-679

  Bosworth, Michele ^a   Mouw, David ^a   Skolnik, Deborah C ^a   Hoekzema, Grant ^b  

^a Mountain Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^b Mercy Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NOTE; PANCREATITIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CALCIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; PANCREATITIS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 53849083474     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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