PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | uremia |
| Symptom | C0020502|hyperparathyroidism |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 23094155 | Secondary hyperparathyroidism in uremia (s-hpt)—a disorder caused by progressive loss of kidney function, low levels of active vitamin d (1,25(oh)2d (calcitriol)), increased phosphate retention, and low levels of plasma ionized calcium (ca2+) —results in the highly elevated synthesis and secretion of parathyroid hormone (pth) and enlargement of the parathyroid glands in order to maintain normal plasma ca2+ and phosphate levels. |
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