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When There Will Never be a Randomized Controlled Trial

There are many unanswered questions about how to best manage secondary hyperparathyroidism and associated alterations in mineral metabolism in patients with end-stage renal disease. We provide editorial commentary on an observational study published in this edition of Kidney International that prese...

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Autores principales: Scialla, Julia J., Wolf, Myles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5505498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26230199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ki.2015.123
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Sumario:There are many unanswered questions about how to best manage secondary hyperparathyroidism and associated alterations in mineral metabolism in patients with end-stage renal disease. We provide editorial commentary on an observational study published in this edition of Kidney International that presents interesting new insights into the longstanding controversy related to the impact of parathyroidectomy on survival of hemodialysis patients.