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SUBMITTER: Spiegel DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3352985 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Spiegel David M DM Brady Kate K
Kidney international 20120201 11
Calcium balance in chronic kidney disease is poorly understood as calcium deficiency is a stimulus for secondary hyperparathyroidism and consequent bone loss while calcium excess promotes extraosseous calcifications. To help resolve this, we evaluated calcium balance in normal individuals and in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on daily diets containing 800 and 2000 mg elemental calcium. Both normal individuals and patients with late stage 3 and stage 4 CKD were in slightly negative to ...[more]