Published in:
01-12-2012 | Letter to the Editor
Normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism: one-year follow-up in one hundred postmenopausal women
Authors:
Antonia García-Martín, Rebeca Reyes-García, Manuel Muñoz-Torres
Published in:
Endocrine
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Issue 3/2012
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Excerpt
Routine measurement of parathormone (PTH) has lead to the identification of high PTH levels without hypercalcemia. This situation, which is known as normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism [
1], was defined by Wills in 1962 and is established after ruling out the main causes of secondary hyperparathyroidism. There are conflicting data about its bone effects and clinical course. …