Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4166633 | The Journal of Pediatrics | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report a 14-year-old boy whose initial presentation of primary hyperparathyroidism was ischemic stroke in the absence of hypertension. We propose measurement of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone in all children with stroke symptoms or unexplained cranial infarcts.
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Authors
Naim Mitre, Kenneth Mack, Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, Geoffrey Thompson, Seema Kumar,