The evolving landscape of managing hypoparathyroidism
Approximately 77,000 people in the U.S. have hypoparathyroidism due to absent or subphysiological levels of parathyroid hormone. About 75% of cases are the result of damage to parathyroid glands during neck surgery. The other 25% of cases are due to autoimmune disease or genetic causes or are idiopathic hypoparathyroidism of unknown etiology.