Atypical femur fracture in two patients treated with denosumab: case reports of a patient undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and a kidney transplant recipient, with a literature review of the denosumab used to treat these patients
Abstract Background Osteoporosis is a serious complication for both patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) and kidney transplant (KTx) recipients. Denosumab (Dmab) is a highly efficacious drug used to treat osteoporosis. However, like bisphosphonates, Dmab has the rare complication of at...
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| Main Authors: | Ryoichi Miyazaki, Kyoko Miyagi, Sun Hirayama, Tatsuto Miyanaga |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Renal Replacement Therapy |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41100-024-00592-6 |
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