Cinacalcet Effectively Reduces Parathyroid Hormone Secretion and Gland Volume Regardless of Pretreatment Gland Size in Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism | Zendy

Hirotaka Komaba | Zendy; Shohei Nakanishi | Zendy; Akira Fujimori | Zendy; Motoko Tanaka | Zendy; Jeongsoo Shin | Zendy; Koji Shibuya | Zendy; Masato Nishioka | Zendy; Hirohito Hasegawa | Zendy; Takeshi Kurosawa | Zendy; Masafumi Fukagawa | Zendy

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Cinacalcet Effectively Reduces Parathyroid Hormone Secretion and Gland Volume Regardless of Pretreatment Gland Size in Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Author(s) -

Hirotaka Komaba,

Shohei Nakanishi,

Akira Fujimori,

Motoko Tanaka,

Jeongsoo Shin,

Koji Shibuya,

Masato Nishioka,

Hirohito Hasegawa,

Takeshi Kurosawa,

Masafumi Fukagawa

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.02110310

Subject(s) - cinacalcet , medicine , parathyroid gland , parathyroid hormone , secondary hyperparathyroidism , endocrinology , urology , hyperparathyroidism , parathyroid chief cell , calcimimetic , hemodialysis , calcium

Cinacalcet is effective in reducing serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. However, it has not been proven whether parathyroid gland size predicts response to therapy and whether cinacalcet is capable of inducing a reduction in parathyroid volume.

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