Calcemic response to burns differs between adults and children: A review of the literature
Objectives: The calcemic and parathyroid hormone (PTH) responses to severe burn injury appear to differ between children and adults. In our limited studies children exhibited hypocalcemic hypoparathyroidism consistent with up-regulation of the parathyroid calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) while adults...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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Series: | Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525517301711 |