Investigating hypocalcaemia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7911, 2013, Pages

  Hannan, Fadil M ^a,b   Thakker, Rajesh V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISORDERS OF ACID BASE BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE SPASM; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARESTHESIA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALCIUM; CROHN DISEASE; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOCALCEMIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84878851159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2213     Document Type: Review

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