Endocrine Abstracts

Study for morphological and hormonal changes in the parathyroid glands in 35 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism was carried out. Post-mortem material (five bodies) used to control. All patients had primary hyperparathyroidism and elevated levels of parathyroid hormone and ionized calcium in serum. Morphometric study evaluated the cellular structure (chief and oxyphil cells) and calculated the ratio of the basic elements of parathyroid cells (nucleus, cytoplasm) and stro...