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- Title
Prevalence and characterization of renal tubular acidosis in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis and in non-porotic controls.
- Authors
Weger, W; Kotanko, P; Weger, M; Deutschmann, H; Skrabal, F
- Abstract
Chronic metabolic acidosis may increase alkali mobilization from the bone and thus promote the development of osteoporosis. The objective of the current study was to compare urinary acidification in patients with reduced bone mineral content with that in control subjects with normal bone density.
- Publication
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2000, Vol 15, Issue 7, p975
- ISSN
0931-0509
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/15.7.975