Abstract
A previous study led us to suggest that idiopathic hypercalciuria is a state of hyperparathyroidism compensated by secretion of calcitonin. Therefore, circulating parathyroid hormone and calcitonin were measured in patients with this syndrome. Circulating parathyroid hormone was found to be elevated in 5 out of the 6 patients studied. Calcitonin levels were within the normal range. The data indicate that idiopathic hypercalciuria is associated with hyperparathyroidism and that the normocalcemia in these patients is not a result of compensation by hypercalcitoninemia.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 459-461 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Biomedicine Express |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - 1974 |