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      Importance of increased urinary calcium excretion in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism of patients under glucocorticoid therapy.

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      Metabolism: clinical and experimental

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          Parathyroid function and calcium metabolism were studied in 44 patients under glucocorticoid therapy (steroid group) and in 25 control subjects. Nephrogenous cAMP and serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone levels in the steroid group were significantly higher than those in control subjects (p less than 0.001). Nephrogenous cAMP in the steroid group correlated positively with prednisolone dosage (r = 0.424, p less than 0.01), and most patients who showed obvious elevations of nephrogenous cAMP had received over 10 mg/day of prednisolone for at least 2 mo. Fasting urinary calcium in the steroid group [166.1 +/- 78.5 (+/- SD) mg/g creatinine] was about 2 times greater than that in control subjects (74.1 +/- 35.6) (p less than 0.001). Fasting urinary calcium in control subjects correlated negatively with nephrogenous cAMP (r = -0.486, p less than 0.02). In contrast, these values in steroid group showed significant positive correlation (r = 0.631, p less than 0.001), suggesting that increased urinary calcium excretion is an important factor in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism. Elevated nephrogenous cAMP and serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone levels decreased after the administration of trichlormethiazide and/or 1 alpha hydroxy-vitamin D3. We conclude that increased urinary calcium excretion plays an important role in the development of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients under glucocorticoid therapy and that the administration of thiazide and/or vitamin D could improve the secondary hyperparathyroidism caused by glucocorticoid therapy.

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          Journal
          Metab. Clin. Exp.
          Metabolism: clinical and experimental
          0026-0495
          0026-0495
          Feb 1983
          : 32
          : 2
          Article
          0026-0495(83)90221-4
          10.1016/0026-0495(83)90221-4
          6298567
          6772ed8d-941c-4778-b725-f03c96b98a94
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