title: The Authors Reply.
authors: Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
authors: Hirotaka
authors: H
authors: Komaba
authors: Committee of Renal Data Registry of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Masatomo
authors: M
authors: Taniguchi
authors: Committee of Renal Data Registry of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Atsushi
authors: A
authors: Wada
authors: Committee of Renal Data Registry of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Kunitoshi
authors: K
authors: Iseki
authors: Committee of Renal Data Registry of the Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Yoshiharu
authors: Y
authors: Tsubakihara
authors: Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.
authors: Masafumi
authors: M
authors: Fukagawa
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D016105:Parathyroidectomy