Case report: clinical hypocalcemia: the endocrine conference of the Alton Ochsner Medical Institutions and Tulane University Medical Center
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Case report: clinical hypocalcemia: the endocrine conference of the Alton Ochsner Medical Institutions and Tulane University Medical Center
Abstract
The authors present the case of an 81-year-old woman with severe hypocalcemia due to osteoblastic metastases from breast cancer. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of this condition are discussed, some therapeutic dilemmas considered, and the literature briefly reviewed.
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