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Hultin H et al. - A history of parathyroid adenoma should be viewed as a risk for pre-eclampsia.

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Per Hellman, 07/04/09

Both parathyroid adenoma and pre-eclampsia are conditions with somewhat unknown ethiology and pathophysiology. In our general serach for explanations of mechanisms in either disease, the present epidemiological view hints that vitamin D deficinecy may be a factor to look further into. Regardless of whether this hypothesis will become supported we have found a link between these diseases, not previously known.