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ea0035oc6.3 | Bone, calcium & vitamin D | ECE2014

Hypoparathyroidism: The burden of illness and impact on patients' personal lives

Clarke Bart , Sanders James , Lagast Hjalmar

Hypoparathyroidism, a rare endocrine disorder of insufficient parathyroid hormone, leads to hypocalcemia and often hyperphosphatemia. The PARADOX study assessed the clinical and personal disease impact from the affected patients’ perspective.Patients ≥18 years and diagnosed ≥6 months ago completed a non-validated, self-reported, web-based survey.Three hundred and seventy-four US adults (mean age, 49 years; women, 8...