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Cinacalcet-associated severe hypocalcemia resulting in torsades de pointes and cardiac arrest: a case for caution

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  1. Department of Medicine, Osler Medical Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Tessa Novick

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Blaithin A. McMahon, Adam Berliner & Bernard G. Jaar

  3. Nephrology Center of Maryland, 5601 Loch Raven Boulevard, Baltimore, 21239, MD, USA

    Adam Berliner & Bernard G. Jaar

  4. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Bernard G. Jaar

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Novick, T., McMahon, B.A., Berliner, A. et al. Cinacalcet-associated severe hypocalcemia resulting in torsades de pointes and cardiac arrest: a case for caution. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 72, 373–375 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-015-1989-6

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