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College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China.
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College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110866, China.
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand.
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College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, China.
CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
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CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Deep Sea Research Center, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
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Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, China.
CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
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Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao, China.
CAS and Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
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A 68 year old male patient suffering from CKD was treated with a daily administration of 80mg CPS. He presented with complaints of a dry mouth, thirst and malaise. Blood tests showed an elevated serum...
Although CPS induced hypercalcemia is usually mild, a more severe course is possible. Knowledge about the composition of medication is paramount to prevent such side effects....
Hypercalcemia during pregnancy is a risk for adverse maternal and fetal consequences. Although primary hyperparathyroidism is by far the most common etiology of hypercalcemia in pregnancy, an array of...
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Loss-of-function calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) mutations cause mineral metabolism disorders, familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia, or neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism and increase the risk of fem...
Idiopathic Infantile Hypercalcemia (IIH) is characterized by hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria owing to PTH-independent increases in circulating concentrations of 1,25(OH)2D. At least 3 forms of IHH ca...
Calcium plays central roles in numerous biological processes, thereby, its levels in the blood are under strict control to maintain homeostatic balance and enable the proper functioning of living orga...
Hypercalcemia is a rare condition in pregnancy. It is most commonly caused by primary hyperparathyroidism and parathyroid hormone-related peptid (PTHrP)-producing malignant tumours, less frequently by...
Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia type 2 (FHH2) and autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 2 (ADH2) are due to loss- and gain-of-function mutations, respectively, of the GNA11 gene that encodes the G...
Hypercalcemia is sometimes observed in patients with cirrhosis, but very little is known about the epidemiology in patients with hypercalcemia of chronic liver disease (HCLD) or how its presence may m...
A systematic search of the medical records at our institution over a 10-year period was performed to retrospectively identify subjects with HCLD during inpatient admission. Univariate and multivariabl...
Thirty-eight subjects with HCLD were identified using stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria to exclude individuals with other secondary causes of hypercalcemia. A total of 35 subjects had 90-day ...
In patients admitted to the hospital with HCLD, the duration of hypercalcemia was positively associated with 90-day mortality, providing a potential interventional target to reduce mortality in this h...
Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a common clinical problem that is associated with considerable morbidity and negative effects on quality of life. Despite the availability of effective medical tre...