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Abnormal calcium and vitamin D metabolism in tuberculosis
1Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
A variety of abnormalities in calcium and vitamin D metabolism have been reported in patients with active tuberculosis (TB), including hypercalcaemia, hypercalciuria and increased sensitivity to vitamin D. In this article, the frequency and nature of these abnormalities and the importance of extrarenal 1,25(OH)2D production are discussed.