A Few of over 150 References on PTH Toxicity in Uremia
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- Massry SG: Parathyroid hormone: a uremic toxin. Adv Exp Med Biol 223:1-26, 1991
- Brancaccio D, Galmozzi C, Pizzocaro G: [Parathormone as a uremic toxin. Physiopathological bases and general therapeutic guidelines]. Minerva Med 76:377-382, 1985
- Massry SG: Neurotoxicity of parathyroid hormone in uremia. Kidney Int [Suppl] 17:S5-11, 1985
- Akmal M, Massry SG: Role of parathyroid hormone in the decreased motor nerve conduction velocity of chronic renal failure. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 195:202-207, 1990
- Baczynski R, Massry SG, Magott M, El-Belbessi S, Kohan R, Brautbar N: Effect of parathyroid hormone on energy metabolism of skeletal muscle. Kidney Int 28:722-727, 1985
- Perna AF, Fadda GZ, Zhou XJ, Massry SG: Mechanisms of impaired insulin secretion after chronic excess of parathyroid hormone. Am. J. Physiol. 259:F210-F216, 1990.
- Akmal M, Kasim S, Soliman A, Massry S: Excesss parathyroid hormone adversely affects lipid metabolism in chronic renal failure. Kidney Int. 37:854-858, 1990
- Massry SG: Parathyroid hormone and the heart. Adv Exp Med Biol 151:607-618, 1982
- El-Belbessi S, Brautbar N, Anderson K, Campese VM, Massry SG: Effect of chronic renal failure on heart. Role of secondary hyperparathyroidism. Am J Nephrol 6:369-375, 1986
- Massry SG: Parathyroid hormone and uremic myocardiopathy. Contrib Nephrol 41:231-239, 1984
- Bogin E, Earon Y, Blum M: Effect of parathyroid hormone and uremia on erythrocyte deformability. Clin Chim Acta 161:293-299, 1986
- Esposito R, Romano-Carratelli C, Lanzetti N, Hohenegger M, Pluvio M, Capodicasa G, Nuzzo I, Giordano C: Toxicity in uremia. 2. Correlation between PTH levels and impaired aspecific immunity. Int J Artif Organs 11:159-160, 1988
- Klinger M, Alexiewicz J, Linker-Israeli M, Pitts T. Gaciong Z: Effect of parathyroid hormone on human T-cell activation Kidney Int 37:1543-1551, 1990
- Frohling PT, Kokot F, Cernacek P, Vetter K, Kuska J, Spustova V, Kaschube I, Dzurik R: Relation between middle molecules and parathyroid hormone in patients with chronic renal failure. Miner Electrolyte Metab 7:48-53, 1982
- Molzahn AE: Parathyroid hormone as a uremic toxin. J Nephrol Nurs 1:13-16, 1984
- Healy MD, Malluche HH, Goldstein DA, Singer FR, Massry SG: Effects of long-term therapy with calcitriol in patients with moderate renal failure. Arch Intern Med 140:1030-1033, 1980. (This is just to indicate that in uremic humans calcitriol has been in use well over 20 years.)
The article above has been reprinted with the permission of Dr. Larry Nagode, DVM
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