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01-05-2015 | Consensus Statement
Italian Society of Endocrinology Consensus Statement: definition, evaluation and management of patients with mild primary hyperparathyroidism
Authors:
C. Marcocci, M. L. Brandi, A. Scillitani, S. Corbetta, A. Faggiano, L. Gianotti, S. Migliaccio, S. Minisola
Published in:
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
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Issue 5/2015
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Excerpt
Over the last 50 years, the spectrum of clinical presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has shifted from a symptomatic disorder, characterized by symptoms of hypercalcemia, nephrolithiasis, and overt bone disease, toward a less symptomatic or asymptomatic disorder [
1]. The recognition of the asymptomatic variant of PHPT has markedly increased following the inclusion of serum calcium measurement in the multichannel biochemical screening. …