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Diurnal variation of serum calcium and phosphorus in postmenopausal women

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Serum calcium, ionized calcium, and phosphorus have been obtained at hourly intervals in nine healthy postmenopausal women. The hourly means of ionized calcium and phosphorus demonstrate significant diurnal variation with a similar apogee, nadir, and periodicity (24 hours). These results are distinct from the diurnal variation of ionized calcium and phosphorus previously reported for young men and provide more evidence of an altered mineral hemostasis in postmenopausal women.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Orthopedics, St. Louis University School of Medicine, 63104, St. Louis, Missouri

    Horace M. Perry III M.D.

  2. Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri

    Michael A. Province

  3. Division of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis and Washington University School of Medicine, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri

    Donna M. Droke, Ghi Su Kim, Sudah Shaheb & Louis V. Avioli

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Perry, H.M., Province, M.A., Droke, D.M. et al. Diurnal variation of serum calcium and phosphorus in postmenopausal women. Calcif Tissue Int 38, 115–118 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556839

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