Symptomatic hypophosphataemia after intravenous iron therapy: an underrated adverse reaction
Iron (ferric carboxymaltose) infusion therapy is used to treat severe iron deficiency which is not responding to the first-line oral iron therapy. However, it can also cause severe renal wasting of phosphate resulting in severe hypophosphataemia in some patients. Despite the growing number of case r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bioscientifica
2019-08-01
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Series: | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports |
Online Access: | https://edm.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/edm/2019/1/EDM19-0065.xml |