The importance of measuring ionized calcium in characterizing calcium status and diagnosing primary hyperparathyroidism

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3138-3145

  Ong, Gregory S Y ^a,b   Walsh, John P ^a,c   Stuckey, Bronwyn G A ^a   Brown, Suzanne J ^a,c   Rossi, Enrico ^b   Ng, Jennifer L ^a,b   Nguyen, Hieu H ^a   Kent, G Neil ^b   Lim, Ee Mun ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; ISOLATED IONIZED HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PARATHYROID CARCINOMA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID HORMONE DEPENDENT HYPERCALCEMIA; PARATHYROID HYPERPLASIA; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, PRIMARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84865269246     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1429     Document Type: Article

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