Immunoreactive Parathyroid Hormone in Early and Advanced Renal Failure

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Nephron

Vol. 31 (2) , 116-122
https://doi.org/10.1159/000182629

Abstract

Immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (iPTH) was measured in the serum of 20 patients with early renal failure (ERF) using three assays with different specificity. Half of these patients had elevated iPTH in one or more assays, up to twice the upper limit of normal. In contrast, 36 patients with a creatinine clearance below

Keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE
IMMUNOHETEROGENEITY
EARLY RENAL FAILURE
END-STAGE RENAL FAILURE
SERUM PHOSPHATE

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