FGF-23 Levels before and after Renal Transplantation

Phosphatonin fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) is involved in phosphate (P) excretion and vitamin D metabolism. Recently, FGF-23 has been suggested to be responsible for the hypophosphatemia and inappropriately low calcitriol levels observed after renal transplantation. We performed a prospective...

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Main Authors: Domniki Economidou, Spyros Dovas, Aikaterini Papagianni, Panagiotis Pateinakis, Dimitrios Memmos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/379082