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      Evidence for Decreased Tubular Reabsorption of Calcium in Glucocorticoid-Treated Asthmatics

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      Hormone Research in Paediatrics
      S. Karger AG
      Kidney, Renal tubule, Urine calcium, Glucocorticoid, Prednisone

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          Abstract

          Fasting urine calcium excretion was measured in 15 asthmatic patients receiving long-term glucocorticoid therapy (steroid group) and in age- and sex-matched asthmatics not receiving these drugs. In the steroid group, the mean urinary calcium/creatinine ratio and the mean calcium excretion per liter of glomerular filtrate (Ca<sub>E</sub>) were both approximately twice the control values (p < 0.005). When Ca<sub>E</sub> was plotted as a function of serum calcium it more often exceeded the mean normal value in the steroid-treated patients than in the controls (p < 0.05), suggesting a reduction in tubular calcium reabsorption. Calculation of the tubular maximum for calcium reabsorption confirmed a significant reduction in the glucocorticoid-treated patients (p < 0.005). It is concluded that glucocorticoid drugs probably inhibit the tubular reabsorption of calcium and that this is likely to contribute to the development of osteoporosis in patients receiving this treatment.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1987
          1987
          28 November 2008
          : 27
          : 4
          : 200-204
          Affiliations
          Section of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand
          Article
          180820 Horm Res 1987;27:200–204
          10.1159/000180820
          3436617
          14420613-3fb4-4115-878d-42e1fa150b84
          © 1987 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 28 October 1986
          : 25 June 1987
          Page count
          Pages: 5
          Categories
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          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Kidney,Renal tubule,Prednisone,Urine calcium,Glucocorticoid

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