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Hypercalcemia

Introduction: Hypercalcemia

Description of Hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia (medical condition): Raised level of calcium in the blood...more »

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Hypercalcemia: Excessive calcium in the blood.

Hypercalcemia: Abnormally high blood calcium.
Source: National Institute of Health

Hypercalcemia: the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hypercalcemia: Abnormally high concentration of calcium in the peripheral blood. -- 2004
Source: Diseases Database

Hypercalcemia: abnormally high level of calcium in the blood; manifestations include fatigability, muscle weakness, depression, anorexia, nausea, and constipation.
Source: CRISP

Hypercalcemia: Abnormally high level of calcium in the blood.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hypercalcemia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hypercalcemia:

• Calcium
• Calcium disorder
• Blood (1783 causes)
• Blood symptoms (2297 causes)
• Blood disease
• Blood disorder
• Ions

Hypercalcemia as a Disease

Hypercalcemia (medical condition): See Hypercalcemia (disease information).
  »Introduction: Hypercalcemia
  »Symptoms of Hypercalcemia
  »Causes of Hypercalcemia
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Hypercalcemia: Related Diseases

Hypercalcemia: Hypercalcemia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Blood conditions
• Metabolic disorders

More information on medical condition: Hypercalcemia:

• Information about Hypercalcemia
• Basic Summary for Hypercalcemia
• Types of Hypercalcemia
• Causes of Hypercalcemia
• Medication Causes of Hypercalcemia
• Symptoms of Hypercalcemia
• Diagnostic Tests for Hypercalcemia
• Treatments for Hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia as a Symptom

Hypercalcemia (symptom): Raised blood calcium levels...more »

Hypercalcemia (symptom): See Hypercalcemia (symptom information).

More information on symptom: Hypercalcemia:

• Hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hypercalcemia:

• hyperthroidism
• Paget's disease of bone
• milk alkali syndrome
• lithium use
• parathyroid adenoma
• multiple endocrine neoplasia
• secondary hyperparathyroidism

Terms associated with Hypercalcemia:

Terms Similar to Hypercalcemia:

• Hypercalcaemia
• Calcium levels raised (plasma)

Source: Diseases Database

• hypercalcaemia

Source - WordNet 2.1

• Milk-Alkali Syndrome

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Hypercalcemia

• Calcium Metabolism Disorders
• Water-Electrolyte Imbalance

Source - MeSH 2007

• calcium disorder

Source - CRISP

• symptom

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Hypercalcemia can be used for:

• blue diaper syndrome
• hypercalcinemia

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Hypercalcemia:

• parathyroid hormone related protein
• Williams syndrome

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hypercalcemia

The following list attempts to classify Hypercalcemia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Diseases
    • Calcium Metabolism Disorders
      • Hypercalcemia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
  • Metabolic Diseases
    • Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
      • Hypercalcemia

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Unspecified disorder of calcium metabolism
• Unspecified disorder of mineral metabolism
• OTHER METABOLIC AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS
• ENDOCRINE, NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISEASES, AND IMMUNITY DISORDERS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Hypercalcemia

• eMedicine - Hypercalcemia : Article by Mahendra Agraharkar, MD, FACP
• eMedicine - Hypercalcemia : Article by Ilene A Claudius, MD
• eMedicine - Hypercalcemia : Article by Robin R Hemphill, MD, MPH
• National Cancer Institute - Hypercalcemia

Source: Diseases Database

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