RT Book, Section
A1 Goodman, William G.
A2 Lerma, Edgar V.
A2 Berns, Jeffrey S.
A2 Nissenson, Allen R.
SR Print(0)
ID 6334882
T1 Chapter 20. Renal Osteodystrophy
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-144787-4
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6334882
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  kidneys  play  a  crucial  role  in  the  regulation  of  mineral  metabolism  by  serving  both  excretory  and  endocrine  functions.  Each  of  these  components  becomes  compromised  as  renal  function  declines.  In  the  broadest  sense,  the  term  renal  osteodystrophy  encompasses  all  of  the  disorders  of  bone  and  mineral  metabolism  that  are  associated  with  chronic  kidney  disease  (CKD).  Often,  however,  the  term  is  used  more  narrowly  to  describe  the  various  skeletal  disorders  and  their  histologic  manifestations  among  patients  with  renal  dysfunction.