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Stabilization of Bone Mass After Renal Transplant With Preemptive Care

1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0041-1345(98)00262-0

1873-2623

G Hurst, Rita R. Alloway, Donna Hathaway, Troy Somerville, Thomas A. Hughes, A. Osama Gaber,

Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies

Advances in immunosuppressive therapy have allowed for enhanced allograft survival in kidney transplantation. With this increasing success of transplantation, however, has come a greater appreciation of subsequent complications, such as bone and mineral disease. In patients with chronic kidney disease who are awaiting transplantation, disorders in mineral metabolism and renal osteodystrophy are an essentially universal finding, and several different pathophysiologic mechanisms are believed to contribute to the development of these disorders.