Serum calcitonin after renal transplantation.
A prospective study of serum calcitonin was made in 9 patients with chronic renal failure. The patients received a well-functioning renal transplant. At the time of transplantation serum calcitonin was significantly elevated as compared with the serum concentration in normal controls. During the first 3--5 weeks after renal transplantation serum calcitonin decreased. Afterwards it increased to a level of the same magnitude as the initial value. A significant relationship was found between serum calcitonin and serum phosphorus, whereas no significant correlation was present between serum calcitonin and serum creatinine or between serum calcitonin and serum calcium.
D000328:Adult; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D010758:Phosphorus; D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium