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Relationships with serum parathyroid hormone in old institutionalized subjects.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2001
Stein M S, Flicker L, Scherer S C, Paton L M, O'Brien M L, Walton S C, Chick P, Di Carlantonio M, Zajac J D, Wark J D
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OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND: Old people in residential care are at the highest risk of any group for hip fracture. This may relate to their high prevalence of hyperparathyroidism. There are few data, however, on relationships with serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) in these individuals. This study ther...
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