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Does parathormone increase or decrease calcium levels in the blood?
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Increase.: Parathyroid hormone helps maintain a normal level of calcium in the blood. If there is too little the calcium falls. If there is too much produced by a tumor the calcium is high.
Answered 2/18/2017
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