TY - JOUR KW - Arthritis, Rheumatoid KW - Calcitonin KW - Calcium KW - Dapsone KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Hypercalcemia KW - leprosy KW - Middle Aged KW - Prednisone AU - Ryzen E AU - Singer F R AB -
We report a case of hypercalcemia in a patient with leprosy. Aminoterminal parathyroid hormone and 25-hydroxy-cholecalciferol concentrations were suppressed. Urinary hydroxyproline concentrations were elevated. There was no evidence of malignancy. The hypercalcemia resolved with corticosteroid therapy.
BT - Archives of internal medicine C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4015281?dopt=Abstract DA - 1985 Jul IS - 7 J2 - Arch. Intern. Med. LA - eng N2 -We report a case of hypercalcemia in a patient with leprosy. Aminoterminal parathyroid hormone and 25-hydroxy-cholecalciferol concentrations were suppressed. Urinary hydroxyproline concentrations were elevated. There was no evidence of malignancy. The hypercalcemia resolved with corticosteroid therapy.
PY - 1985 SP - 1305 EP - 6 T2 - Archives of internal medicine TI - Hypercalcemia in leprosy. VL - 145 SN - 0003-9926 ER -