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Horm Metab Res 2017; 49(08): 638-641
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-112348
Letter to the Editor
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Hypercalcemia During Pregnancy

M. Iftekhar Ullah
1   Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
,
Gabriel I. Uwaifo
2   Ochsner Health Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
,
Christian A. Koch
1   Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
3   G. V. (Sonnny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
4   Cancer Institute, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA
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received 16 May 2017

accepted 23 May 2017

Publication Date:
21 June 2017 (online)

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Key words

primary hyperparathyroidism - vitamin D deficiency - hypervitaminosis D - hypercalcemia - ectopic parathyroid adenoma - pregnancy - maternal hypercalcemia
 

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