Hypoparathyroidism Patients on Hormone Therapy Should Be Monitored for Renal Calcium Deposits, Study Finds
With the increasing use of parathyroid hormone therapy in patients with hypoparathyroidism, physicians need to closely monitor urinary citrate levels which, if too low, may result in calcium deposits and kidney stones, according to researchers. Their study, “Hypocitraturia is an Untoward Side Effect of Synthetic Human Parathyroid Hormone…