The detection and management of primary hyperparathyroidism in patients with urolithiasis

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Article

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Surgery; Urology

Abstract

This chapter discusses the variable presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism and the association of this disease with urinary tract stone formation, methods for detection and screening of hyperparathyroidism and treatment of hypercalcemia, anatomical variations in position and number of parathyroids, parathyroid hyperfunction in pregnancy, and ­indications for parathyroidectomy.

Publication ( Name of Journal)

Urolithiasis

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