Hypercalcaemia in pulmonary tuberculosis
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1983Author
Ojwang, PJ
Onyango, FE
Aluoch, JA.
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Tuberculosis can affect calcium metabolism, mainly through an enhanced production of active vitamin D. The incidence of hypercalcemia among unselected patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis was investigated, retrospectively, during a ten-year period. Among 67 patients, the mean serum calcium concentration on admission was significantly raised compared to healthy controls (2.51 ± 0.16 (SD) vs 2.43 ± 0.07 mmol/l; p<0.001) and 25% of the patients had hypercalcemia. After one year of successful tuberculostatic treatment the serum calcium values had normalized
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17703http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6641561
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East Afr Med J. 1983 Jul;60(7):498-500Collections
- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10378]