Baseline intact parathyroid hormone levels do not appear to be predictive of a surgical cure and are not recommended as a decisive factor to perform parathyroidectomy surgery for patients with primary ...

The researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 12 case-control studies of patients with NAFLD/NASH and a comparison group without NAFLD/NASH. All studies had data on mean PTH ...

Having 3 or 4 CKD-MBD markers in the danger zone more than doubled the chances of early death. CHICAGO—High levels of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients not on ...

We conducted a retrospective study on 239 patients operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism in our surgical department between May 2003 and December 2012. 202 patients were female and 37 were male, ...

A parathyroid hormone test measures levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in your body. This hormone is produced by small glands in your neck and regulates the level of calcium in your blood. A ...

Renal Stone Removal Helps Some Patients With Recurrent UTIs In a study, intact parathyroid hormone levels fell by nearly 10% over 6 months in hemodialysis patients who received intensive treatment for ...

Panel A shows the clinical characteristics and treatments for all six unrelated patients with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1) who received continuous subcutaneous parathyroid hormone ...

Parathyroid hormone testing is important to monitor the progress of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. This presentation will review the basic biochemistry that regulates the calcium, which will ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the study, 67% of patients receiving upacicalcet achieved target parathyroid hormone concentrations. Overall, ...