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Canine hypoparathyroidism: case report
- Source :
- Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Vol 67, Iss 2, Pp 353-357 (2015)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2015.
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Abstract
- Primary hypoparathyroidism is an uncommon endocrinopathy in dogs, resulting from absolute or relative deficiency in the secretion of parathormone (PTH). The dog presented signs of hypocalcemia, including muscular spasms, tetany and cramps, evolving to tonic-clonic seizures and fever. Emergency therapy for hypocalcemia included glucose physiological solution at 0.45% and calcium gluconate administered intravenously. Diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and a decrease in parathormone (PTH).
- Subjects :
- endocrine system
medicine.medical_specialty
cão
endocrine system diseases
Tetany
chemistry.chemical_element
hipocalcemia
Calcium
Hyperphosphatemia
Internal medicine
Muscular spasms
medicine
Hypocalcaemia
lcsh:SF1-1100
General Veterinary
business.industry
nutritional and metabolic diseases
medicine.disease
nervous system diseases
Endocrinology
chemistry
Hypoparathyroidism
lcsh:Animal culture
paratireoide
medicine.symptom
business
hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists
PTH
Primary Hypoparathyroidism
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01020935
- Volume :
- 67
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....db0c8a5c2e8e54ef7e5a58f1b2c2e416