Salivary phosphate and calcium concentrations in uremia
Blum, M.; Zurkowsky, S.; Gilad, J.; Aviram, A.
Clinical Nephrology 12(4): 191-192
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-0430 PMID: 509792 Document Number: 153781
Phosphate concentration was found to be significantly elevated in the saliva of uremic patients (dialyzed and non-dialyzed) when compared to normal subjects and to dialysis patients after parathyroidectomy. Salivary calcium concentrations were similar in all groups examined. As increased salivary phosphate was found also in primary hyperparathyroidism, we attribute our findings to the secondary hyperparathyroidism of the uremic state.