title: Calcium and phosphorus metabolic changes in children with hepatic bilharziasis.
abstract: Investigations were done to study the calcium and phosphorus metabolic changes in 35 children with hepatic bilharziasis, of whom 12 were ascitic. Thirteen normal children served as controls. Despite a normal serum level of both calcium and inorganic phosphate in the Bilharzial group, yet both were increased in urine. The mean values obtained from the ascitic fluid were 70% and 90.2% of their serum levels, respectively. The corrected creatinine clearance was significantly diminished, while PEI was significantly increased, and the % TRP significantly decreased, with still a more marked decrease in the ascitic cases. Following a phosphate lead the serum inorganic phosphate level showed a significantly more rapid lowering in both bilharzial groups, as compared to the control group. On the other hand bilharzial cases responded to the intravenous calcium load by a significant retention of calcium in the serum.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002128:Calcium Metabolism Disorders / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000378:metabolism*; D010760:Phosphorus Metabolism Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium