title: Phosphate excretion in chronic renal failure: evidence for a mechanism other than circulating parathyroid hormone.
abstract: The mechanism of the increased phosphaturia of chronic renal failure was investigated in seven patients with creatinine clearances ranging from 22 to 63 ml/min. Phosphorus deprivation for 2 to 7 weeks resulted in a marked and rapid reduction in urinary total and fractional phosphate excretion. Serum immunoreactive parathyroid hormone concentration initially remained unchanged and eventually decreased slowly from 330 +/- 50 microliterEq per ml (control) to 252 +/- 58 microliterEq per ml (P less than 0.025), but persisted substantially elevated above the normal range (10-60 microliterEq per ml). Thus, phosphate excretion in chronic renal failure can be regulated to a major extent by the dietary phosphorus intake independently of parathyroid hormone.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010710:Phosphates; D002118:Calcium