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Intra-articular glucocorticoid injection: an unusual cause of transient hypophosphataemia

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We describe a case of symptomatic hypophosphataemia following an intra-articular glucocorticoid injection.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia

    Kurt C. Roberts-Thomson, Guruparan Iyngkaran & Robert J. Fraser

  2. Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan Street, Parkville, 3050, Australia

    Kurt C. Roberts-Thomson

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Roberts-Thomson, K.C., Iyngkaran, G. & Fraser, R.J. Intra-articular glucocorticoid injection: an unusual cause of transient hypophosphataemia. Rheumatol Int 27, 95–96 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0157-9

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