SYNDROME OF MASKED HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
Authors: D H ATLAS, P GABERMAN, H L EISENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Case Reports1 June 1956SYNDROME OF MASKED HYPERPARATHYROIDISMDONALD H. ATLAS, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., PETER GABERMAN, M.D., HERMAN L. EISENBERG, M.D.DONALD H. ATLAS, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, PETER GABERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HERMAN L. EISENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-6-1195 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe syndrome of alkalosis and renal insufficiency resulting from the vomiting of chlorides and the prolonged ingestion of milk and soluble alkalies in intractable peptic ulcer patients has appeared sporadically in the literature1, 2, 3since first described by Hardt and Rivers.4In some of these patients only a transient, reversible renal insufficiency developed, but in others generalized calcinosis with metastatic calcification of kidneys and other vital organs was noted, and a fatal uremia was not infrequent. Burnett5and his associates reported six cases of a new syndrome characterized by hypercalcemia without hypercalciuria or hypophosphatemia, with calcinosis, ocular lesions and...Bibliography1. 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BERENBAUM, M.D.Das Zentralnervensystem bei Krankheiten der Drüsen mit innerer SekretionThe Milk-Alkali SyndromeCalcium and the Kidney 1 June 1956Volume 44, Issue 6Page: 1195-1210KeywordsHospital medicineHypercalcemiaHyperparathyroidismIngestionKidneysLesionsMilkPathogensPeptic ulcersVomiting ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...