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  • Title: Parathyroid hormone and bone histology: response to hypocalcemia in osteitis fibrosa.
    Author: Voigts A, Felsenfeld AJ, Andress D, Llach F.
    Journal: Kidney Int; 1984 Feb; 25(2):445-52. PubMed ID: 6727140.
    Abstract:
    The parathyroid hormone (PTH) response to hypocalcemia was studied in 18 hemodialysis patients with osteitis fibrosa, and the relationship with PTH and bone histology in 26 hemodialysis patients. Hypocalcemia was produced during hemodialysis by the use of a dialysate devoid of calcium. Both amino (N) (P less than 0.05) and carboxy (C) (P less than 0.005) terminal PTH attained maximum levels by 15 min despite only a minimal decline in plasma calcium. Throughout the remainder of the study, C and N-PTH levels remained elevated but did not increase despite a further decline in plasma calcium. Five patients increased both C and N-PTH to maximum or near maximum levels by the first sampling, although plasma calcium remained above 9 mg/dl. Basal C and N-PTH correlated with the maximum levels of each induced by hypocalcemia (P less than 0.005). Both basal N-PTH and the maximum change in C-PTH produced by hypocalcemia correlated with osteoblastic osteoid, active resorption, osteoclasts/mm2, and endosteal fibrosis (P less than 0.005). In conclusion, (1) a minimal decline in plasma calcium produces a maximum C and N-PTH response; (2) an altered PTH set point may be present in some hemodialysis patients; (3) the correlation between basal and maximally stimulated PTH levels suggests that basal PTH levels may reflect parathyroid gland mass; and (4) a correlation with basal and stimulated PTH and bone histology is present.
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