Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (767 page)

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   Vitamin D and A intoxication
   Milk-alkali (Burnett) syndrome (rare)
   Diuretics (e.g., thiazides)
   Others (estrogens, androgens, progestins, tamoxifen, lithium, thyroid hormone, parenteral nutrition)
   Renal failure, acute or chronic
   Other endocrine conditions
   Thyrotoxicosis (in 20–40% of patients; usually <14 mg/dL)
   More uncommon: Some patients with hypothyroidism, Cushing syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, acromegaly, pheochromocytoma (rare), VIPoma syndrome
   Multiple endocrine neoplasia
   Acute osteoporosis (e.g., immobilization of young patients or in Paget disease)
   Miscellaneous
   Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
   Rhabdomyolysis causing acute renal failure

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