LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS IN PSEUDOGOUT PATIENTS AND CONTROLS

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 7  (1) , 77-81
Abstract
Biochemical laboratory tests (9) and thyroid stimulating and parathyroid hormone levels from 36 symptomatic pseudogout patients were compared to results from 29 control subjects (spouses of patients). There were no significant differences in mean laboratory test values between patients and controls, although the patient and control group were not identical for male:female composition. There were no differences in the number of laboratory abnormalities between younger and older pseudogout patients. Elevated immunoreactive parathyroid hormone levels, hypomagnesemia and hypocalcemia accounted for almost 30% of the abnormal laboratory tests in the pseudogout patients. Laboratory abnormalities were frequent in patients and controls.