Diagnostic strategies of hypercalcemia in children
WANG Chun-lin
LIANG Li
Abstract：Hypercalcemia in children has often been in lack of specific clinical symptoms and is not easy to be found.PTH dependent hypercalcemia and non-PTH dependent hypercalcemia is classified based on the serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) level in hypercalcemia children.Primary hyperparathyroidism is the main cause of PTH dependent hypercalcemia in children.Etiology of hypercalcemia in children is complicated,and in the newborn and infants it's mainly iatrogenic and common genetic factors;children and adolescents,the primary hyperparathyroidism is the main factor.Clinical diagnosis can be made according to symptoms/ signs,serum PTH,parathyroid hormone-related proteins,vitamin D metabolites and other laboratory indexes.
Keywords：hypercalcemiaprimary hyperparathyroidismvitamin Dparathyroid hormone (PTH)child
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 679-682 )