Does vitamin D receptor and calcium receptor activation therapy play a role in the histopathologic alterations of parathyroid glands in refractory uremic hyperparathyroidism?
The labeling indexes of VDR (587+/-71; mean+/-s.e.m.) and CaSR (45.0+/-2.8) in recipients' diffuse hyperplasia were significantly higher than those in uremic diffuse hyperplasia (224+/-44, 29.3+/-2.3, respectively) (P<0.01, each).