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Ascendis Pharma will request to meet with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an effort to gain approval of TransCon PTH, its experimental hormone replacement therapy for hypoparathyroidism. “Based on our clinical experience with TransCon PTH to date, we have seen the improvement in the…
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Using near-infrared autofluorescence (NIRAF) to protect the parathyroid glands during thyroid surgery did not significantly lower the risk of hypoparathyroidism as a surgical complication, a study with experienced thyroid surgeons reported. Although there were fewer hypoparathyroidism cases with NIRAF three months after surgery, differences  were not statistically significant when compared…
People with autoimmune hypoparathyroidism who have anti-CaSR antibodies — which play a role in regulating the parathyroid hormone, known as PTH — may benefit from adding steroid therapy to standard vitamin D and calcium supplementation, a case report suggests. That report described a 55-year-old woman who’d had seizures for 35…
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