Serum level of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen in haemodialysis patients.
Serum concentrations of carboxyterminal propeptide of type I procollagen (PICP) and carboxyterminal parathyroid hormone (C-PTH) were measured in 33 haemodialysis patients. Serum levels of PICP and C-PTH in the haemodialysis group were significantly higher than those in the controls. Although there was no correlation between serum C-PTH and creatinine, a positive correlation was found between PICP and creatinine. This indicates that the measurement of PICP in serum is useful for monitoring metabolic bone diseases in haemodialysis patients.
Sawamura
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Department of Urology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Sasagawa
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I
Kubota
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Ishigooka
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Nakada
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Adachi
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Yamaguchi
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D011347:Procollagen / Q000097:blood*; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011347:Procollagen; C042813:procollagen type I carboxy terminal peptide; D003404:Creatinine