Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine

2006 Edition
| Editors: Detlev Ganten, Klaus Ruckpaul, Walter Birchmeier, Jörg T. Epplen, Klaus Genser, Manfred Gossen, Birgit Kersten, Hans Lehrach, Hartmut Oschkinat, Patrizia Ruiz, Peter Schmieder, Erich Wanker, Christiane Nolte

Hypercalcemia of Malignancy

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_7415
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Definition

Hypercalcemia of malignancy is the most common metabolic consequence of skeletal metastases and/or tumor. HCM is based on humoral factors released by the tumors that mediate accelerated bone resorption.

 Hyper‐and Hypoparathyroidism

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