Endocrine and metabolic emergencies: Hypocalcaemia

Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Carroll, Richard ^a   Matfin, Glenn ^b  

^a EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

hypocalcaemia; parathyroid hormone; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NPSP 558; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LONG TERM CARE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79952830808     PISSN: 20420188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2042018810366494     Document Type: Review

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