Histological, Radiological, and Biochemical Features of the Adynamic Bone Lesion in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in American Journal of Nephrology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 19-29
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000168681
Abstract
Adynamic bone is being found with increasing frequency in dialysis patients. Little is known about its aetiology, and even less about its natural history. We found 10 cases of asymptomatic adynamic bone among a group of 32 continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients, most of whom had never been exposed to aluminium-containing phosphate binders. Compared to the remaining 22 patients, they had an older mean age (54 ± 11.4 vs. 42 ± 11.8 years; pKeywords
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