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Volume: 4 Issue: 2 December 2006 - Supplement - 1

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POST TRANSPLANT BONE LOSS

There is about 18 percent prevalence with a range of 5 to 21 percent of a fracture occurring in the first couple of years post transplant. This is mainly due to a change in bone mass caused mainly by immuno-suppressive medications--prednisone, cyclosporin, FK506, azathioprine, immobilization. PTH levels remain elevated in many renal TX. Patients Gonadotrophin deficiency is a major problem in renal disease. There are no drugs available for the treatment of this problem. There are investigational therapies--estrogens, calcitonin, bisphosphonates, alfacalcidol, anabolic factor. Parathyroid hormone is in clinical trial.



Volume : 4
Issue : 2
Pages : 4


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