Relationships among egfr, vitamin d metabolites and pth 1-84 in ckd.
Vitamin D undergoes 25-hydroxylation in the liver (25D) and 1-alpha hydroxylation in the kidney (1,25D). Both [25D] and [1,25D] fell with GFR in surveys of patients with CKD. Because 1,25D suppresses transcription of the PTH gene, low [1,25D] is thought to be a cause of high [PTH] in CKD. To examine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Nephrology
2012-06-01
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Series: | Kidney Research and Clinical Practice |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212005542 |