Hereditary hypophosphatemia (XLH) is a rare, inherited disease. Loss-of-function mutation in PHEX results in excess fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) production and manifests as rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. FGF23 is a hormone that reduces renal phosphate reabsorption, decreases
The term renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is applied to a group of transport defects in the reabsorption of bicarbonate (HCO3_), the excretion of hydrogen ion (H_), or both. This condition was first described in 1935, confirmed as a renal tubular disorder in 1946, and designated "renal tubular acidosis"
The design consists in a five-periods, two-treatments, open-label, randomized, crossover study with blind end-point evaluation.
Patients will come for an inclusion visit and will receive treatment with 0.5 µg/day alfacalcidol for 4 weeks (28±3 days, run-in). They will be instructed to maintain
Objective: to evaluate the influence of low-calorie diet on serum and urinary metabolic parameters of obese adults with urinary calculi and lithogenic metabolic abnormalities.
Method: prospective study of 50 patients, aged over 18 years, with a body mass index above 30 kg/m2, urinary calculi and
Intrarenal calcifications (nephrocalcinosis) is present in Dent's disease and likely contribute to progression toward renal failure. In order to prevent this complication it is usually proposed to treat affected patients during childhood with high doses of thiazides. Indeed, this class of diuretics
Objectives
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the skeletal effects of hormone replacement therapy with HPTH in hypoparathyroidism.
Study Population
This study will enroll up to 69 subjects with physician-diagnosed hypoparathyroidism.
Design
This study will treat hypoparathyroid
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