2 groups of children affected by different degrees of chronic renal failure (group 1, 55-36 ml/min/1.73 m2; group 2, 35-20 ml/min/1.73 m2 of creatinine clearance) due to tubulo-interstitial disease were studied for one year. The spontaneous evolution of altered mineral metabolism at different levels of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was aimed at. Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D metabolites and bone mineral content were evaluated. At the end of the year, only a decrease of plasma levels of 1,25(OH)2D in group 1 and a worsening of all mineral metabolism parameters in group 2 were found. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that mineral metabolism derangements progress rapidly after a certain 'threshold' of endocrinologically active renal mass is reached. The falling of plasma 1,25(OH)2D levels below a still undetermined critical value might be assumed as an index of this threshold.

Progression of mineral metabolism derangements in childhood chronic renal failure / M.L. BIANCHI, A. CLARIS APPIANI, L. ROMEO, L. SOLDATI, G. MARRA, P. BINI, S. ORTOLANI. - In: BONE AND MINERAL. - ISSN 0169-6009. - 1:6(1986 Dec), pp. 475-483.

Progression of mineral metabolism derangements in childhood chronic renal failure

L. SOLDATI;
1986

Abstract

2 groups of children affected by different degrees of chronic renal failure (group 1, 55-36 ml/min/1.73 m2; group 2, 35-20 ml/min/1.73 m2 of creatinine clearance) due to tubulo-interstitial disease were studied for one year. The spontaneous evolution of altered mineral metabolism at different levels of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was aimed at. Parathyroid hormone, vitamin D metabolites and bone mineral content were evaluated. At the end of the year, only a decrease of plasma levels of 1,25(OH)2D in group 1 and a worsening of all mineral metabolism parameters in group 2 were found. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that mineral metabolism derangements progress rapidly after a certain 'threshold' of endocrinologically active renal mass is reached. The falling of plasma 1,25(OH)2D levels below a still undetermined critical value might be assumed as an index of this threshold.
Settore MED/14 - Nefrologia
dic-1986
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