Prevalence of radiological findings among cases of severe secondary hyperparathyroidism

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and secondary hyperparathyroidism (HPT2) are prone to develop heterotopic calcifications and severe bone disease. Determination of the sites most commonly affected would decrease costs and patients' exposure to X-ray radiation....

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Main Authors: Paulo Gustavo Sampaio Lacativa, Felipe Malzac Franco, José Raimundo Pimentel, Pedro José de Mattos Patrício Filho, Manoel Domingos da Cruz Gonçalves, Maria Lucia Fleiuss Farias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802009000200004&lng=en&tlng=en