The following is a summary of “Calcium to magnesium ratio as a superior biomarker for nephrolithiasis detection in primary ...

Calcium and Phosphorus in Case 1. Case 2.* W.A., an 8-year-old boy, had been symptomatic with joint pain, fever and lethargy for several months before parathyroid surgery. Three days before ...

And your body knows it! So, it works hard to keep blood calcium levels in a very tight range. If you’re wondering how it’s able to do this so efficiently, you can thank your parathyroid glands. These ...

Calcium is essential to our health, but too much of it can have harmful consequences. While its benefits for bones and teeth ...

Drawing from personal experience, Patty Keating advocates for greater awareness, improved diagnosis, and treatment among ...

Types of Hyperparathyroidism Parathyroid hormone helps regulate calcium metabolism. Primarily acting on the kidneys and bones, PTH increases serum calcium and phosphorus by stimulating osteoclasts ...

Blood tests can be highly suggestive of a celiac disease diagnosis, but small bowel biopsies remain the definitive way to ...

7 The pathophysiology of PHPT relates to the loss of normal feedback control of PTH by extracellular calcium. In virtually all other hypercalcemic conditions, secretion by the parathyroid gland is ...

Turkey: A recent retrospective study explored the effects of parathyroidectomy (PTX) on inflammatory and cardiovascular risk ...

Calcimimetics suppress the secretion of parathyroid hormone by sensitizing the parathyroid calcium receptor to serum calcium. Cinacalcet (Sensipar ® /Mimpara ®, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks ...

Mean serum levels of parathyroid hormone and calcium were 62.1 pg/mL ± 10.1 and 10.6 mg/dL ± 0.63 in normohormonal primary hyperparathyroidism, and 142 ± 89.0pg/mL and 11.0 ± 0.88 (both P ...

Study highlights calcium-to-magnesium ratio as a superior biomarker for nephrolithiasis in primary hyperparathyroidism.