Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2022 May 19. Epub 2022 May 19.
Service de Néphrologie et d'Exploration Fonctionnelle Rénale, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France; Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France; Centre de Référence des Maladies Rares du Calcium et du Phosphore, Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Filières de Santé Maladies Rares OSCAR, ORKID et ERKNet, France.
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a hypercalcemic hormone acting on kidneys, bone and intestine. PTH promotes calcium release from the bone, renal calcium reabsorption and phosphate excretion, and conversion of 25-hydroxyvitamin D to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3. Hyperparathyroidism consists in PTH elevation, which may be adapted (secondary hyperparathyroidism) or non-adapted to calcemia levels (primary hyperparathyroidism, familial hypercalcemia/hypocalciuria, tertiary hyperparathyroidism). Read More