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01-05-2008 | Invited Commentary

Age and Sex-related Incidence of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Author: Holt Shelby

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 5/2008

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How often have we heard ourselves say authoritatively to patients, medical students, and residents, “primary hyperparathyroidism occurs most often in postmenopausal women”? In the preceding article, Miller and colleagues (doi:10.1007/s00268-007-9427-2) challenge us to investigate this statement and to query what we know about the epidemiology of primary hyperparathyroidism. …

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Title: Age and Sex-related Incidence of Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Author: Holt Shelby
Publication date: 01-05-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-007-9422-7

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