Nuclear Medicine Methods for Evaluation of Abnormal Parathyroid Glands in Patients with Primary and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Considered rare disease in the past, primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) has dramatically increased in incidence over the past thirty years with the introduction of routine calcium measurements; it is now approximately 42 per 100 000 persons. By far, the most common lesion found in patients with PHPT...

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Main Authors: Botushanova Albena D., Botushanov Nikolay P., Yaneva Marianna P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-12-01
Series:Folia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.59.issue-4/folmed-2017-0054/folmed-2017-0054.xml?format=INT