Experimental and immunohistochemical studies on the possible role of parathyroid hormone in uraemic pruritus
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Secondary hyperparathyroidism has been suggested as a cause of itching in chronic renal failure. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the possible role of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in pruritus affecting patients undergoing maintenance haemodialysis. In agreement with our previous findings, patients with pruritus had significantly (P < 0.01) higher serum levels of PTH fragment 53–68 (m-PTH53–68) than patients without pruritus, 47.7±40.0 and 23.4±17.1 μg l1 respectively. Serum concentrations of other substances including calcium, phosphate and magnesium did not differ between the two groups of patients. Intradermal injections of human PTH1–34 and PTH44–68 failed to evoke any acute or delayed cutaneous reactions in either patients or controls. Immunohistochemical investigations of skin biopsies from uraemic patients using several different antibodies against PTH were negative. Thus, the present results do not support PTH as a peripheral mediator of uraemic itching.
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb00104.x
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2010
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