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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Main Authors: Gordon L. Klein, Debra A. Benjamin, David N. Herndon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405525517301711