title: Secondary hyperparathyroidism and depression in chronic renal failure.
abstract: This study was aimed at examining the relation between secondary hyperparathyroidism (sHPT) and depressive syndromes in chronic renal failure (CRF).
  
  
  METHODS
  59 chronic CRF patients and 16 depressive patients without CRF were included. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcium and phosphate as well as psychopathology were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Depressive CRF patients with cognitive disorders show higher levels of PTH than less or not depressive subjects. With respect to the literature, our results give reason to assume that sHPT may play a pathogenetic role in those depressive syndromes which are additionally characterized by cognitive disorders.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D003863:Depression / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010710:Phosphates; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium