Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia and the Importance of Plasma Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 as an Indicator: Diagnostic Delay Leads to a Suicide Attempt

• Auteurs principaux: LaRae Seemann BS (Auteur), Sandeep Anand Padala MD (Auteur), Azeem Mohammed MD (Auteur), Nardos Belayneh MD (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: SAGE Publishing, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Tumor-induced osteomalacia is a rare hypophosphatemic disease caused by unregulated production of fibroblast growth factor 23 by a tumor, thereby inducing renal phosphate wasting and inhibiting appropriate increase of calcitriol production. Symptoms of tumor-induced osteomalacia, including muscle we...