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Intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay during focused parathyroidectomy: the importance of 20 minutes measurement

BACKGROUND: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) monitoring during the surgical procedure can confirm the removal of all hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue, as the half-life of PTH is approximately 5 min. The commonly applied Irvin criterion is reported to correctly predict post-operative calcium levels in 96...

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Autores principales: Calò, Pietro Giorgio, Pisano, Giuseppe, Loi, Giulia, Medas, Fabio, Barca, Lucia, Atzeni, Matteo, Nicolosi, Angelo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848580/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24044556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-13-36