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Calcium Metabolism Disorders

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Calcium homeostasis is a tightly regulated balance between parathyroid hormone (PTH), vitamin D (calcitriol) and calcitonin, acting on gut, bone and kidney. Disorders manifest as hypercalcaemia (CNS depression, "stones, bones, groans, psychic moans") or hypocalcaemia (neuromuscular irritability, tetany). This is a perennial NEET PG favourite for both diagnosis-of-cause and ECG/clinical-sign matching. Normal serum

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