Postoperative hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy for Graves' disease

Thyroid

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1279-1283

  Pesce, Catherine E ^a   Shiue, Zita ^a   Tsai, Hua Ling ^a   Umbricht, Christopher B ^a   Tufano, Ralph P ^a   Dackiw, Alan P B ^a   Kowalski, Jeanne ^a   Zeiger, Martha A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM;

AGE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYALGIA; PARATHYROID GLAND; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TABLET; TETANY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TETANY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78249265677     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2010.0047     Document Type: Article

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