Increased Serum Gastrin Concentration in Hemodialysis Patients Treated with 1-Alpha-Hydroxy Vitamin D₃

C. K. Christensen Medical Dept. C, Surgical Dept. of Gastroenterology, Aarhus Kommunehospital, and Medical Dept. II, Aarhus Amtssygehus, University of Aarhus, DK-8000, Aarhus C. Denmark

H. E. Nielsen Medical Dept. C, Surgical Dept. of Gastroenterology, Aarhus Kommunehospital, and Medical Dept. II, Aarhus Amtssygehus, University of Aarhus, DK-8000, Aarhus C. Denmark

M. Brandsborg Medical Dept. C, Surgical Dept. of Gastroenterology, Aarhus Kommunehospital, and Medical Dept. II, Aarhus Amtssygehus, University of Aarhus, DK-8000, Aarhus C. Denmark

O. Brandsborg Medical Dept. C, Surgical Dept. of Gastroenterology, Aarhus Kommunehospital, and Medical Dept. II, Aarhus Amtssygehus, University of Aarhus, DK-8000, Aarhus C. Denmark

Abstract

Serum gastrin and serum calcium concentrations were measured in 9 hemodialysis patients treated with 1-alpha-hydroxy vitamin D₃ and in 15 control patients. Serum calcium and serum gastrin concentrations were significantly increased after 1 and after 5 months of treatment with 1-alpha-hydroxy vitamin D₃. It is concluded that serum gastrin concentration is sensitive to a rise in calcium concentration within physiological range in patients with chronic renal failure.

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