Rare causes of calcitriol-mediated hypercalcemia: A case report and literature review

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3111-3117

  Kallas, Melissa ^a   Green, Francis ^b   Hewison, Martin ^c   White, Christopher ^b   Kline, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; BCG VACCINE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CHLOROQUINE; COLECALCIFEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; OXYGENASE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PANCRELIPASE; PARACETAMOL; PARAFFIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PREDNISONE; SILICONE; TALC; ZOPICLONE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; AUTOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CACHEXIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMBASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL POLYMYOSITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIP; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTESTINE MUSCLE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KNEE; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUNG EDEMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDLINE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOSIS; MYOSITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OINTMENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOKING; SPLENOMEGALY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TRUNK; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

CALCITRIOL; CHOLECALCIFEROL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POLYMYOSITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77954921626     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2673     Document Type: Article

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