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Hypercalcaemia means a plasma or serum concentration of total calcium >2.60 mmol/L (>10.4 mg/dL) or a concentration of ionised calcium in the plasma/serum >1.3 mmol/L (>5.2 mg/dL). Hypercalcaemia usually arises through an increased absorption of calcium from the bone and is based mainly on a combination of several mechanisms.
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Bartl, R., Bartl, C. (2019). The Patient with “Hypercalcaemia”. In: The Osteoporosis Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00731-7_54
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