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Ectopic production of calciotropic peptides
1Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
Tumors are frequently associated with factors that affect bone cell function and calcium homeostasis. As a result, many patients with cancer develop paraneoplastic syndromes. The commonest is hypercalcemia of malignancy. Other related paraneoplastic syndromes are hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, and osteomalacia.