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Refractory hypercalcemia due to an ectopic mediastinal parathyroid gland in a hemodialysis patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Hypercalcemia crisis is a complex disorder rarely induced by tertiary hyperparathyroidism, which clinically presents as nonsuppressible parathyroid hyperplasia with persistent increased PTH levels and hypercalcemia. It is one of the major risk factors of morbidity and mortality in end-st...

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Autores principales: Shen, Yingjing, Fei, Peipei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6518768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31088386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1363-5