epidemiology
Last reviewed 01/2018
Overall incidence of hypercalcaemia is estimate to be around 0.6% (1)
The estimated incidence of hypercalcaemia caused by
- primary hyperparathyroidism - 250 cases per million
- malignancy - 150 cases per million population (1)
Hypercalcaemia was observed in 10-60% of patients on long term Lithium therapy (2)
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