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Postgraduate Medicine Volume 100, 1996 - Issue 6
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Hypercalcemia

Mechanisms, differential diagnosis, and remedies

Leonard J. Deftos Dr Deftos is professor of medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, and head, endocrine research laboratory, San DiegoVeterans Affairs Medical Center, La Jolla. His clinical and research interests as an endocrinologist concern calcium and skeletal metabolism, while his interests as a lawyer are in scientific evidence and constitutional law.
, MD, JD
Pages 119-126 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 
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Hypercalcemia has many causes but is usually due to primary hyperparathyroidism or malignancy. The most common mechanism is increased bone resorption. In this article, Dr Deftos recommends methods of management that effectively decrease patient morbidity and prolong survival.

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