Endocrine Abstracts

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Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common and for the most part an asymptomatic endocrine disorder, usually discovered by routine biochemical screening, in western populations; and increasingly now in other parts of the word. It is characterized by abnormal calcium-PTH dynamics, manifesting with mild hypercalcemia, with increased or inappropriately normal plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. PHPT is most commonly seen in older post-menopausal women. In countr...

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