title: Transitory hypocalcemia complicating measles.
abstract: During an epidemic of measles, 12 young adults developed hypocalcemia associated with a decrease in parathyroid hormone level. Calcium and parathyroid hormone levels returned to normal in five of the 12 patients for whom convalescent data were available.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003289:Convalescence; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone