Open AccessSalutary effect of parathyroidectomy on neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: Evaluation using PAS and SF-36v2 scoring systems
Author(s) -
Pooja Ramakant,
Amita Verma,
Gyan Chand,
Anjali Mishra,
Gaurav Agarwal,
Amit Agarwal,
Saurabh Mishra
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.81859
Subject(s) - medicine , primary hyperparathyroidism , parathyroidectomy , irritability , prospective cohort study , anxiety , surgery , parathyroid hormone , psychiatry , calcium
Indian patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) usually present with a triad of advanced disease of bones, stones, and psychic moans. There are hardly any reports from India on the outcome of successful parathyroidectomy on psychiatric symptoms.