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Intravenous calcitriol therapy in an early stage prevents parathyroid gland growth

Background. Both the phenotypic alterations of parathyroid (PT) cells, e.g. down-regulation of the calcium-sensing receptor, and the increase of the PT cell number in nodular hyperplasia are the main causes of refractory secondary hyperparathyroidism. It is of great importance to prevent PT growth i...

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Autores principales: Taniguchi, Masatomo, Tokumoto, Masanori, Tsuruya, Kazuhiko, Hirakata, Hideki, Iida, Mitsuo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2568009/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18515308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfn264