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A B S T R A C T The immunoreactive parathyroid hor- mone (iPTH) in the plasma of hyperparathyroid man consists largely of carboxyl (COOH) -terminal frag- ments of the hormone. Although these fragments have been thought to arise principally or solely from peripheral metabolism of intact human PTH hPTH (l- 84) secreted from the parathyroid gland, there is dis- agreement about the source of iPTH fragments in vivo.
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