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Intraoperative parathyroid hormone levels measured by intact and whole parathyroid hormone assays in patients with graves’ disea
Fri, 02/29/2008 - 08:42Abstract
Purpose To find out if the whole parathyroid hormone (wPTH) assay has practical advantages over the intact (iPTH) assay in patients
with Graves’ disease.
Methods We measured iPTH and wPTH levels before and after subtotal thyroidectomy in 111 consecutive patients (94 women and 17 men)
with Graves’ disease. Blood samples for assays were obtained after the induction of anesthesia (basal) and following skin
closure (postoperative).
