Severe hypercalcaemia in sarcoidosis with musculoskeletal involvement

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-209

  Myhill, P C ^a   Yeap, B B ^a,b  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; FUROSEMIDE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; THIGH;

EID: 64649106910     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2008.01889.x     Document Type: Letter

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