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hyperphosphatemia
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hyperphosphatemia /hy·per·phos·pha·te·mia/ (-fos″fah-te´me-ah) an excessive amount of phosphates in the blood.
hy·per·phos·pha·te·mi·a (hpr-fsf-tm-)
n.
An abnormally high concentration of phosphates in the blood.
hyperphosphatemia (hī´purfos´f-tē´mē),
n an increased concentration of inorganic phosphates in the blood serum. Hyperphosphatemia may occur in childhood and also in acromegaly, renal failure, and vitamin D intoxication. Normal adult range of serum inorganic phosphorus is 2.5 to 4.2 mg/100 ml.
hyperphosphatemia
an excess of phosphates in the blood.
hyperphosphatemia
Nephrology↑ Phosphate > 1.5 mmol/L–US: 4.5 mg/dL in blood Etiology ↑ hGH, either physiologic with growth spurts or pathologic in gigantism and acromegaly, ↓ PTH, pseudohypoparathyroidism or in renal failure


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