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Hypoparathyroidism unmasked by alendronate
A S Kashyapa, Surekha Kashyapb
a Armed Forces
Medical College, Pune 411 040, India: Department of Medicine, b Department of Hospital Administration
Correspondence to: Dr A S Kashyap (e-mail: skashyap{at}pn2.vsnl.net.in)
Submitted 6 June 1999;
Accepted 16 December 1999
The case of an elderly woman is reported in whom
alendronate, given for osteoporosis, led to severe hypocalcaemia a few
days after starting the drug treatment. This was caused by the
unmasking of previously unrecognised hypoparathyroidism.
Keywords: alendronate; hypocalcaemia; hypoparathyroidism
© 2000 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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