hypercalcinemia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hyper- + calcinemia.
Noun
[edit]hypercalcinemia (uncountable)
- (pathology) An excessive level of calcium in the blood
- 2015 September 15, “Screening for Differentially Expressed Proteins Relevant to the Differential Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- In terms of the mechanism and relevance of the high expression of ICAM-1 in sarcoidosis patients, current research has demonstrated that alveolar macrophages associated with the sarcoidosis granulation tissue could synthesize and release 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, leading to hypercalcinemia.