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The author is a consultant, speaker, and investigator for Abbott, the maker of paricalcitol and calcitriol; an investigator for Amgen, maker of cinacalcet; and a consultant to INEOS, developer of an investigational phosphate binder.
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Coyne, D. Cinacalcet should not be used to treat secondary hyperparathyroidism in stage 3–4 chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol 4, 364–365 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0821
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