Identification of risk factors for radiographic hyperparathyroidism in 422 patients with end-stage renal disease: development of a clinical predictive index.

The hand radiographs of 422 patients with end-stage renal failure were graded for severity of subperiosteal resorption. Two hundred and seventy-three patients (64.7%) had no evidence of resorption; 114 (27.0%) showed resorption, in 32 of whom it was severe (7.6% of the total). Thirty-five patients (...

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Principais autores: Pazianas, M, Phillips, M, MacRae, K, Eastwood, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 1992