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Serum Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Chronic Endemic Fluorosis

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dc.creator ERSOY, Ismail Hakki
dc.creator KOROGLU, Banu Kale
dc.creator KOROGLU, Mert
dc.creator BALKARLI, Ayse
dc.creator Ersoy, Sıddıka
dc.creator TAMER, Mehmet Numan
dc.creator Varol, Simge
dc.date 2011-09-30T21:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T10:59:49Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T10:59:49Z
dc.identifier a99c15df-4288-401b-8132-65038afb20b1
dc.identifier 10.1007/s12011-010-8847-2
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/a99c15df-4288-401b-8132-65038afb20b1/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/68781
dc.description Endemic waterborne fluorosis is a public health problem in Isparta, a city located in southern Turkey. Fluoride is a cumulative element that increases metabolic turnover of the bone and also affects the homeostasis of bone mineral metabolism. There are number of similarities between the effects of excess parathyroid hormone (PTH) and fluorosis on bone. So fluoride might show its effect via PTH. We aimed to determine PTH levels in patients with endemic fluorosis to estimate the possible toxic effects of chronic fluoride intake. Fifty-six patients with endemic fluorosis and 28 age-, sex-, and body-mass-index-matched healthy controls were included in this study. Endemic fluorosis was diagnosed according to the clinical diagnosis criteria of Wang. The urine fluoride levels of fluorosis patients were significantly higher than those of control subjects as expected (1.9 +/- 0.1 vs. 0.4 +/- 0.1 mg/L, respectively; P < 0.001). PTH levels in fluorosis group were significantly higher than control group (65.09 +/- 32.91 versus 47.40 +/- 20.37, respectively; P = 0.01). The results of our study demonstrate that serum PTH levels are increased in patients with endemic fluorosis. Fluoride, by interfering calcium balance, may be the cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Serum Parathyroid Hormone Levels in Chronic Endemic Fluorosis
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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