title: Phosphate: despite advances in research, the benefits to patients remain limited.
abstract: Tremendous progress has been made over recent years in the understanding of the mechanisms regulating calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone homeostasis in the normal human body and in patients with different degrees of renal failure. In addition, some of these findings have been translated into clinical practice, be it diagnostic or therapeutic.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pathophysiology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. marc.debroe@ua.ac.be
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: De Broe
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium