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Control of Renal Bone Disease
Author(s) -
Sherrard Donald J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
seminars in dialysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1525-139X
pISSN - 0894-0959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-139x.1994.tb00787.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bone biopsy , renal osteodystrophy , intensive care medicine , bone disease , calcitriol , disease , biopsy , vitamin d and neurology , pathology , kidney disease , osteoporosis
Summary In this review I have briefly described the patho‐physiology of renal osteodystrophy, the kinds of bone lesions which occur, and the current thoughts about management, pointing out that the major issue we need to solve is patient compliance. I have also discussed three areas of controversy: calcitriol dosing, the use of the bone biopsy, and the implications of the recently noted aplastic bone disorder.