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Etiology of Hyperparathyroidism and Bone Disease during Chronic Hemodialysis. III. EVALUATION OF PARATHYROID SUPPRESSIBILITY

Ralph S. Goldsmith, Jacob Furszyfer, William J. Johnson, Albert E. Fournier, Glen W. Sizemore, and Claude D. Arnaud

1Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55901

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Published January 1, 1973 - More info

Published in Volume 52, Issue 1 on January 1, 1973
J Clin Invest. 1973;52(1):173–180. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI107161.
© 1973 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Abstract

Parathyroid function was assessed by calcium infusions (4-8 h) in 16 patients with chronic renal insufficiency being treated by long-term hemodialysis. The concentrations of two immunoreactive species of parathyroid hormone in plasma (iPTH-9, mol wt 9500; iPTH-7, mol wt 7000) were estimated by radioimmunoassays utilizing two relatively specific antisera. Control values of the smaller species, iPTH-7, were uniformly high, whereas values of iPTH-9 were normal in 12 of 19 studies. Response of iPTH-7 to calcium infusions was variable, with significant decreases occurring only five times in 27 infusions. Concentrations of iPTH-9, however, decreased during every calcium infusion. In contrast to these acute responses, five of six patients studied during periods of dialysis against both low (< 6 mg/100 ml) and high (7-8 mg/100 ml) calcium concentrations in the dialyzate showed a decrease in values of iPTH-7 during the period of dialysis against the higher calcium concentration. It is concluded that plasma concentrations of iPTH-9 reflect primarily the moment-to-moment secretory status of the parathyroid glands, while concentrations of iPTH-7 reflect more closely chronic parathyroid functional status. It is further concluded that the failure of iPTH-7 to decrease during induced hypercalcemia should not be equated with autonomy of parathyroid gland function.

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