Bone Density Concerns: Guidance on Tackling Fracture Risk in CKD

“CKD is not only a state of high PTH levels, but also a state of low PTH response,” he said. “It’s always the balance between [these states] that will, in the end, determine the bone phenotype—normal bone turnover, high or low bone turnover.”

Thomas R. Collins is a freelance writer living in South Florida.

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