Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S13-S16 , 2007

Benign Parathyroid Adenoma Presenting with Unusual Parathyroid Crisis, Anemia and Myelofibrosis

  • Shu-Chuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taoyuan Veterans Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Vin-Cent Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Guan Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Yu Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Yi Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Shih-Yi Lin Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Chung Kang Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan

Received 19 December 2005 ,Revised 25 January 2006 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60346-6

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60346-6

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S13-S16 , 2007

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