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  • noun medicine Alternative spelling of hypocalcemia.

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  • noun abnormally low level of calcium in the blood; associated with hypoparathyroidism or kidney malfunction or vitamin D deficiency

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Examples

  • Ash falls may be poisonous to livestock and result in clinical diseases, including hypocalcaemia, fluorosis, forestomach and intestinal damage, and secondary metabolic disorders.

    Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies 2009

  • Ash falls may be poisonous to livestock and result in clinical diseases, including hypocalcaemia, fluorosis, forestomach and intestinal damage, and secondary metabolic disorders.

    Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies 2009

  • Severe hypocalcaemia and anaemia are noted and renal failure follows.

    Chapter 5 1994

  • Dollahite et al. (1966) recommended the use of well-balanced supplementary feed to which calcium hydroxide had been added at a rate of 15% by weight (reducing to a minimum of 10% if the higher rate resulted in acceptability problems) to counteract the characteristic hypocalcaemia associated with oak toxicity.

    Chapter 5 1994

  • Of the adverse events most likely related to the treatments, hypocalcaemia (very low calcium concentrations) occurred in 13 percent of patients taking denosumab and in 6 percent of those taking zoledronic acid, while osteonecrosis of the jaw (a debilitating destruction of bone tissue) occurred in 2 percent of the denosumab group and 1 percent of the zoledronic acid group.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Of the adverse events most likely related to the treatments, hypocalcaemia (very low calcium concentrations) occurred in 13 percent of patients taking denosumab and in 6 percent of those taking zoledronic acid, while osteonecrosis of the jaw (a debilitating destruction of bone tissue) occurred in 2 percent of the denosumab group and 1 percent of the zoledronic acid group.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Precautions: Treat hypocalcaemia and other disturbances of bone and mineral metabolism before starting Bonviva.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows carlconway 2010

  • She said past evidence showed that taking supplements coincided with a much lower incidence of diseases such as infantile hypocalcaemia, also known as William's syndrome, which affects development, and rickets, which weakens bones.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Serious adverse reactions include hypocalcaemia (low calcium levels in the blood), serious infections, including infections of the skin, and dermatologic reactions such as dermatitis, rashes, and eczema.

    Livescience.com 2010

  • The initial trial reported no significant adverse affects, no hypocalcaemia, and no drug-exposure related discontinuation.

    News 2009

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