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W H Bergstrom
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Hypercalciuria and hypercalcemia complicating immobilization.
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Bone changes induced by diphenylhydantoin in chicks on a controlled vitamin D intake.
Florid rickets developed in chicks receiving doses of diphenylhydantoin analogous to doses used in humans as anticonvulsants, vitamin D3 being given in amounts sufficient for normal bone mineralization in controls. The changes in the bones were directly related to the dose of diphenylhydantoin and inversely related to the dose of vitamin D3. Bone mineralization was assessed by roentgenography, histological examination, microradiography, and measurement of bone ash. Of these methods, roentgenography was the least sensitive. Rachitic changes were detectable by light microscopy and microradiography in chicks whose skeletons appeared normal roentgenographically. Roentgenographic evidence of rickets became detectable only when the rickets was far advanced. Rickets developed at serum levels of diphenylhydantoin similar to those found in patients taking anticonvulsant medication.
Dysgerminoma presenting as a calcified abdominal mass with hypercalcemia.
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Calciferol deficiency here and now.
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Prophylaxis against hypocalcemia in low-birth-weight infants requiring bicarbonate infusion.
Forty-eight low-birth-weight infants with varying degrees of respiratory distress were studied with respect to serum calcium concentration and urinary calcium excretion. Serum calcium decreased over the 24-hour study period in infants who did not receive calcium infusion. The decrease was greater in those receiving bicarbonate therapy for acidosis. Continuous calcium infusion at 1 mg/kg/hr sustained relatively normal serum calcium concentration, even in those infants who required bicarbonate. Since the changes in estimated extracellular calcium could not be accounted for by urinary excretion, a shift of calcium into bone was postulated.