Abstract
Certain clinical features arouse suspicion of primary hyperparathyrodism, but a firm diagnosis depends upon laboratory tests. Hypercalcaemia associated with a raised or detectable level of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in the serum is diagnostic. Facilities for obtaining PTH estimations are available everwhere in the United Kingdom through the Supraregional Assay Service.
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