Table of Contents

Sequence of events in early renal failure

Disturbances during advanced renal failure

Mechanisms involved in the induction of 2° hyperparathyroidism

Post-receptor mechanisms involved in polyclonal parathyroid tissue growth

Mechanisms involved in the transformation of polyclonal to monoclonal parathyroid growth

Parathyroid cell apopotosis

Regression of parathyroid hyperplasia?

Altered PTH metabolism and resistance to PTH action

Clinical features

Diagnosis

Treatment

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS