The five most commonly used intact parathyroid hormone assays are useful for screening but not for diagnosing bone turnover abnormalities in CKD-5 patients

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Assessment of bone turnover for management of renal osteodystrophy is part of routine care in chronic kidney disease Stage 5 (CKD-5) patients. Measurement of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) is the most commonly used surrogate marker for bone turnover in these patients. The current...

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Published in:Clin Nephrol
Main Authors: Herberth, J., Monier-Faugere, M.-C., Mawad, H.W., Branscum, A.J., Herberth, Z., Wang, G., Cantor, T., Malluche, H.H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501021/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19640382
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