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Iatrogenic Osteomalacia and Myopathy due to Phosphate Depletion |
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| Authors: | L. R. I. Baker P. Ackrill W. R. Cattell T. C. B. Stamp L. Watson |
| Abstract: | In a patient receiving regular dialysis prolonged hypophosphataemia due to aluminium hydroxide therapy resulted in osteomalacia and severe proximal myopathy. Both osteomalacia and myopathy responded to correction of hypophosphataemia without vitamin D therapy. |
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