Discordant Calcium and Parathyroid Hormone with Presumed Epileptic Seizures

Clin Chem. 2018 Mar;64(3):442-445. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.269555.

Authors

Bettina Chale-Matsau¹, Chantal van Niekerk¹, Tanja Kemp², Tahir S Pillay^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Pretoria and National Health Laboratory Service Tshwane Academic Division, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Division of Endocrinology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³ Department of Chemical Pathology, University of Pretoria and National Health Laboratory Service Tshwane Academic Division, Pretoria, South Africa; [email protected].
⁴ Division of Chemical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

PMID: 29490995
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2016.269555

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Calcium / blood*
Calcium / therapeutic use
Calcium Carbonate / therapeutic use
Chromogranins / genetics
DNA Methylation
Female
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs / genetics
Humans
Hydroxycholecalciferols / therapeutic use
Hypocalcemia / drug therapy*
Parathyroid Hormone / blood*
Pseudohypoparathyroidism / blood
Pseudohypoparathyroidism / diagnosis*
Seizures* / therapy
Vitamin D Deficiency / drug therapy
Vitamin D Deficiency / etiology

Substances

Chromogranins
Hydroxycholecalciferols
Parathyroid Hormone
GNAS protein, human
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gs
Calcium Carbonate
Calcium
alfacalcidol