Hypercalcaemia in asymptomatic sarcoidosis unmasked by a vitamin D loading dose

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 470-471

  Amrein, K ^a   Schilcher, G ^a   Fahrleitner Pammer, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; CALCIUM; CHOLECALCIFEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; OBESITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SARCOIDOSIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79953663009     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00136910     Document Type: Letter

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