title: [Assessment of parathyroid gland function: predictive value of a nomogram].
abstract: Recent developments in measurement of intact parathormone (PTH) has enabled to generate a nomogram for parathyroid function. Blood levels of PTH can thus be interpreted in relation to calcemia. Intact PTH and calcium were assayed in blood from 99 healthy subjects studied under fasting conditions; 26 subjects were also studied during hyper- and hypocalcemia, induced by calcium and EDTA infusions, respectively. Serum levels of intact PTH which had been obtained in 99 patients were then analysed retrospectively by comparison with the nomogram. Patients whose intact PTH levels lie above the normal zone of the nomogram produce too much PTH relative to the blood calcium level (hyperparathyroidism); those falling under the normal zone produce too little (hypoparathyroidism).
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätspoliklinik, Bern.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villiger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eichenberger
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Casez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takkinen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jaeger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D004492:Edetic Acid; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000097:blood; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000097:blood; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000097:blood; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000502:physiology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D004492:Edetic Acid; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Beurteilung der Nebenschilddrüsenfunktion: Aussagekraft eines Nomogramms.