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Association between vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism and relative hypoparathyroidism in patients with chronic renal failure.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN - 1 Oct 1997
Fernández E, Fibla J, Betriu A, Piulats J M, Almirall J, Montoliu J
Abstract excerpt
To study the influence of vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene polymorphism on parathyroid cell function in chronic renal failure, 85 patients who had serum PTH levels <12 pmol/L (the low intact PTH [iPTH] group) and 46 patients who had serum iPTH levels >60 pmol/L (the high iPTH group) were selected out of a total dialysis population of 170 individuals. As a result of subsequent exclusions based on several criteria in...
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