Therapeutic Challenges for Elderly Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) predominantly affects older adults, and parathyroidectomy can achieve definitive cure in symptomatic PHPT and asymptomatic meeting surgical criteria. As the population continues to age, the treatment of PHPT in octogenarians and nonagenarians presents a clinical co...

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Main Authors: Kenneth Sluis, Hyon Kim, Yuling He, Beatrice Wong, Xiangbing Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4807081
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