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Abstract
We describe two patients with diffuse non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, hypercalcemia, and increased activity of serum angiotensin-converting enzyme. A mechanism similar to that operative in sarcoidosis is speculated to have caused the hypercalcemia. A lymphokine elaborated by the malignant lymphoma may cause activated macrophages to produce 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3018390 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(12)62771-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mayo Clin Proc ISSN: 0025-6196 Impact factor: 7.616