Correlation of serum-adjusted calcium with ionized calcium over a 24-h period in patients with adult growth hormone deficiency before and after growth hormone replacement

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-216

  White, Helen D ^a   Joshi, A A ^a   Ahmad, A M ^a   Durham, B H ^b   Vora, J P ^a   Fraser, W D ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CREATININE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTINOMA;

CALCIUM; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951796825     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.009178     Document Type: Article

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