Five patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism undergoing chronic hemodialysis, whose level of intact-PTH was less than 500 pg/mL, were treated with maxacalcitol for 16 weeks. The levels of serum intact-PTH, corrected calcium, phosphorous, ALP and BAP were measured every 2 weeks, and we investigated the suitable examination intervals to evaluate parathyroid function in these patients. Intact-PTH decreased significantly after 6 weeks, and thereafter corrected serum calcium level increased.
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