Parathyroid gland: Is parathyroidectomy safe and beneficial in the elderly?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 422-423

  Hamdy, Neveen A T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

AGING; ALBRIGHT SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 70349208751     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2009.142     Document Type: Short Survey

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