title: [Significance of parathyroid hormone (PTH) within the scope of central nervous system disorders in hemodialysis patients].
abstract: The role of PTH as possible uraemic toxin within the scope of disturbances of the central nervous system (progressive dialysis encephalopathy, PDE) was investigated in 88 patients undergoing haemodialysis. A radioimmunoassay covering the C-terminal PTH fragment was used. Patients undergoing haemodialysis with a PDE showed the highest values with 2,015.4 +/- 457.9 pg/ml, and also in the preclinical stage of a PDE the PTH values with 1,845.7 +/- 663.1 pg/ml lay significantly above those ones of the patients undergoing haemodialysis without PDE (794.8 +/- 364.7 pg/ml). The findings speak for the importance of PTH in the development of complications of the central nervous system within the scope of the uraemia syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung von Parathormon (PTH) im Rahmen zentral-nervöser Störungen bei Hämodialysepatienten.