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Hypocalcaemia and calcitonin precursors in critically ill patients
  1. B J Ammori
  1. Manchester Royal Infirmary & The University of Manchester, UK; Bammori@aol.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.2.179

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    We read with interest the paper by Baines and colleagues1 in which the authors reported a strong inverse relationship between total serum calcium concentrations and disease severity in 70 critically ill children with meningococcal disease. Calcitonin concentrations were measured in a subgroup of 23 children on admission, and significantly correlated with disease severity. In …

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