Hypercalcaemia in pulmonary tuberculosis

dc.contributor.author	Ojwang, PJ
dc.contributor.author	Onyango, FE
dc.contributor.author	Aluoch, JA.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-29T11:52:49Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-29T11:52:49Z
dc.date.issued	1983
dc.identifier.citation	East Afr Med J. 1983 Jul;60(7):498-500	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17703
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6641561
dc.description.abstract	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 Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/03009739009178584	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Hypercalcaemia in pulmonary tuberculosis	en
dc.type	Article	en