title: Understanding hypercalcemia. Its metabolic basis, signs, and symptoms.
abstract: Effective diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for patients with elevated serum calcium concentrations require a thorough understanding of normal calcium metabolism and how it may be disrupted by disease.
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, TMP 534, PO Box 208020, New Haven, CT 06520-8020, USA. silvio.inzucchi@yale.edu
authors.forename: Silvio E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Inzucchi
mesh_terms: D002117:Calcitriol / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism; D015984:Causality; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009399:Nephrons / Q000378:metabolism; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium