Hyperfunctioning carcinoma of the parathyroid gland
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Hyperfunctioning carcinoma of the parathyroid gland.
Carcinoma of the parathyroid gland is rare, constituting about 1% of most series of patients with hyperparathyroidism. In 1969 a collective review identified forty-six unequivocal cases, and since then a further seven cases have been described in the literature. A brief review of the condition is presented, and one further case of hyperfunctioning adenocarcinoma of the parathyroid gland is repo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.48.564.626