title: [Articular chondrocalcinosis in elderly patients and parathyroid hormone levels].
abstract: Serum parathyroid hormone was assayed in 16 elderly patients with primary, roentgenographically proved, articular chondrocalcinosis. Mean value, i.e. 4.10 + 1.16 mUI/ml, was compared to that of a control group of 16 subjects matched for sex and age without chondrocalcinosis, living in the same geriatric institution, i.e. 3.94 + 1.43 mUI/ml. The difference is not significant (t = 0,35). Latent hyperparathyroidism is therefore not demonstrated in primary proved articular chondrocalcinosis in the elderly.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Chondrocalcinose articulaire du sujet âgé et parathormone.