CommentaryCommentary on Silent Renal Stones in Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Prevalence and Clinical Features
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Kidney stones in PHPT have been known since the 1930s (5). The incidence of kidney stones in PHPT has declined from 30 to 57% in older studies to about 8 to 20% in the most recent series 6., 7.. However, these reports are based upon symptomatic nephrolithiasis as gleaned from the patients’ history or from hospital discharge codes. In the cross-sectional study by Starup-Linde et al, the prevalence rates of nephrolithiasis or nephrocalcinosis as determined by spiral computed tomography (CT) in
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Published as a Rapid Electronic Article in Press at http://www.endocrinepractice.org on October 8, 2014. DOI:10.4158/EP14313.CO
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