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Profound hypocalcemia following effective response to zoledronic acid treatment in a patient with juvenile Paget's disease.
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PMID:  20533067     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Juvenile Paget's disease (JPD) is a rare, autosomal recessive osteopathy. Although it has phenotypic overlap with Paget's disease of bone (PDB), it is probably a distinct entity. Because of its rarity, optimal disease management has not yet been established by randomized controlled trials. However, clinical, biochemical, and radiographic improvement has been reported after treatment with antiresorptive agents, including calcitonin and bisphosphonates (BPs). Compared with other BPs, zoledronic acid (ZOL) has a higher affinity to bone mineral and is a stronger inhibitor of the enzyme farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase (the main target of nitrogen-containing BPs), properties that explain the prolonged effect of ZOL on bone turnover and render it a therapeutic option for JPD, similar to PDB. We describe hereby, for the first time in the literature, the case of a patient with JPD who developed severe hypocalcemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism following effective treatment with ZOL.
Authors:
Stergios A Polyzos; Athanasios D Anastasilakis; Ioannis Litsas; Zoe Efstathiadou; Marina Kita; Georgios Arsos; Efstratios Moralidis; Athanasios Papatheodorou; Evangelos Terpos
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-06-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of bone and mineral metabolism     Volume:  28     ISSN:  1435-5604     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Bone Miner. Metab.     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-05     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9436705     Medline TA:  J Bone Miner Metab     Country:  Japan    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  706-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Endocrinology, Ippokration General Hospital, 13 Simou Lianidi, Thessaloniki, Greece. stergios@endo.gr
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