Calcium

This review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and some background reading in the area of calcium metabolism. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.

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General

• Lab Tests Online
• GP Notebook
• Merck Manual
• Disorders of Calcium Concentration. Merck Manual
• Ganfyd

Raised Calcium

• A Practical Approach to Hypercalcemia. American Family Physician, 2003
• Hypercalcemia. eMedicine
• Hypercalcemia (emergency medicine). eMedicine
• Raised calcium hypercalcaemia. GP Notebook
• Rare Causes of Hypercalcemia. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2005
• Laboratory Endocrine Testing Guidelines: HYPERCALCEMIA. Towards Optimized Practice, 2006

Low Calcium

• Low calcium. GP Notebook
• Hypocalcemia. eMedicine
• Hypocalcemia (emergency medicine). eMedicine
• Hypocalcemia (pediatrics). eMedicine
• Hypocalcaemia (with calcium calculator)

Patient Information

• Serum Calcium. Medline Plus
• Hypercalcemia. Medline Plus