African Americans present with more severe primary hyperparathyroidism than non-African Americans

Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1023-1027

  Kandil, Emad ^a   Tsai, Hua Ling ^b   Somervell, Helina ^a   Dackiw, Alan P ^a   Tufano, Ralph P ^a   Tufaro, Anthony P ^b   Kowalski, Jeanne ^b   Zeiger, Martha A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 56449099507     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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