The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 3 , Pages 284-290 , March 2009

Surgery improves quality of life in patients with “mild” hyperparathyroidism

Received 2 May 2008 ,Revised 1 September 2008

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 J.T. Adler is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellow and is supported by the University of Wisconsin General Clinical Research Center.

PII: S0002-9610(08)00771-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.009

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 197, Issue 3 , Pages 284-290 , March 2009

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