Unexpected Serum Parathyroid Hormone Profiles in Some Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Author(s) -
Philippe Boudou,
Fidaa Ibrahim,
Catherine Cormier,
E. Sarfati,
JeanClaude Souberbielle
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2005.060962
Subject(s) - primary hyperparathyroidism , parathyroid hormone , medicine , malignancy , third generation , parathyroid carcinoma , endocrinology , hyperparathyroidism , calcium , telecommunications , computer science
Third-generation parathyroid hormone (PTH) assays have been reported to measure only intact PTH(1-84), in contrast to second-generation assays, which also detect PTH(7-84) fragments. Higher PTH measurements were observed with third- than with second-generation PTH assays in a few patients with either severe primary hyperparathyroidism or parathyroid carcinoma.
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