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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Main Authors: K. Phelps, R. Mathew, K. Stote, L. Hewson, D. Hallenbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology 2012-06-01
Series:Kidney Research and Clinical Practice
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211913212005542