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The paper presents the case history of a 15-year-old boy with traumatic tetraplegia who developed hypercalcaemia within 6 weeks of injury. The condition was initially controlled by the infusion of intravenous fluids in large amounts and by the administration of calcitonin. After 3 weeks, calcitonin became ineffective. Eventually the hypercalcaemia responded to cortisone administered in low dosage. The endocrinologic implications of this observation are discussed.
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Steinberg, F., Birge, S. & Cooke, N. Hypercalcaemia in adolescent tetraplegic patients: case report and review. Spinal Cord 16, 60–67 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1978.10
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