Calcitriol Suppression of Parathyroid Hormone Fails to Improve Skeletal Properties in an Animal Model of Chronic Kidney Disease.

CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that while calcitriol effectively lowered PTH in rats with CKD, it did little to prevent the negative effects of secondary hyperparathyroidism on the skeleton.
PMID: 26881752 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Nephrology - February 17, 2016 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Newman CL, Tian N, Hammond MA, Wallace JM, Brown DM, Chen NX, Moe SM, Allen MR Tags: Am J Nephrol Source Type: research