Differences between ‘intact’ PTH and 1–84 PTH assays in chronic renal failure and dialysis

Differences in bone turnover and intact

Differences in bone turnover and intact PTH levels between African American and Caucasian patients with end-stage renal disease

✍ Sawaya, B. Peter; Butros, Rezkalla; Naqvi, Shehzab; Geng, Zhaopo; Mawad, Hanna; 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 Nature Publishing Group 🌐 English ⚖ 121 KB

## Background: Evidence derived from healthy subjects suggests that african americans have higher serum parathyroid hormone (pth) levels and decreased bone responsiveness to pth than caucasians. african american patients with end-stage renal disease (esrd) also have higher serum pth than caucasians