Intraoperative parathyroid hormone assay
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Jong-Lyel Roh; Chan Il Park
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## Background. Rapid parathyroid hormone (PTH) assay has been applied to predict hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy compared with conventional close monitoring of serum calcium levels. We evaluated the reliability of intraoperative intact PTH (ioPTH) assay to predict hypocalcemia after t