ea0022p81 | Bone/Calcium | ECE2010
Thisiadou Katerina
, Karamouzis Ioannis
, Arampatzi Stella
, Tsolakidou Alexandra
, Sioulis Athanasios
, Michailidou Despoina
Introduction: The decline of renal function is closely associated to increased parathyroid hormone secretion, resulting to secondary hyperparathyroidism because of: 1) hypocalcemia; 2) hyperphosphatemia; 3) reduced activity of calcitriol; 4) skeletal resistance to the calcemic action of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and 5) reduced secretion of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) in the parathyroid glands.The retention of phosphorus is considered to take an i...