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Update on genetic and clinical aspects of primary hyperparathyroidism.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Nov 2003
Miedlich S, Krohn K, Paschke R
Abstract excerpt
Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is a common endocrine disorder that predominantly affects postmenopausal women. It is mostly caused by solitary tumours within the parathyroid glands. Although the pathophysiology of pHPT is still incompletely understood, recent studies provide new clues on the development and cellular growth of tumours within the parathyroids associated with hypersecretion of parathyroid...
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