METHOD OF PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM VERIFICATION

Immunologic Differentiation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism from Hyperparathyroidism

A B S T R A C T Serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (IPTH) was measured by radioimmunoassay in 54 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and in 18 consecutive patients with ectopic hyperparathyroidism due to nonparathyroid cancer without apparent skeletal metastasis. Although serum calcium concentration was higher in the group with ectopic hyperparathyroidism, serum IPTH was lower (rank...

Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis: an Uncommon Cause of Pancreatitis

Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Report on 30 Cases of the Disease

Primary hyperparathyroidism is not nowadays considered a rare disease and according to some reports, its incidence is 1/1000. This disorder can be accompanied with severe complications including renal failure and bone illnesses and this can highly elevate the treatment costs and causes social problems and troubles within families. The descriptive strategy of this study was carried out on 30 pa...

Epidemiology of primary hyperparathyroidism

Incidence The incidence has been increasing in many countries since the seventies [1; 2]. In some countries a peak incidence was reached after which the incidence declined to the same levels as were seen before the incidence started to increase [2]. This has been interpreted as the presence of a large “pool” of hitheto undiagnosed mild or asymptomatic patients, who are then diagnosed until the ...

Primary Hyperparathyroidism: An Overview

Primary hyperparathyroidism is a common condition that affects 0.3% of the general population. Primary and tertiary care specialists can encounter patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, and prompt recognition and treatment can greatly reduce morbidity and mortality from this disease. In this paper we will review the basic physiology of calcium homeostasis and then consider genetic associati...