Denosumab-induced hypocalcemia in patients treated with dialysis: an avoidable complication?

Clin Kidney J

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Published: March 2024

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