An evaluation of 1,000 serum calcium and inorganic phosphate determinations.

Unsolicited data can be accumulated through the utilization of laboratory reports. This article gives the results of a study performed on serum calcium and inorganic phosphate determinations carried out as part of an investigative routine. Since Ca and P vary together in a set of specific diseases, we should perhaps evaluate these tests together, since they might be a more sensitive and more specific index of disease than any other single abnormal component in interrelated findings.