TY - JOUR T1 - Hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease: complexities within the commonplace JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 333 LP - 337 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-4-333 VL - 12 IS - 4 AU - Michael M Cai AU - Lawrence P McMahon AU - Edward R Smith AU - David S Williams AU - Stephen G Holt Y1 - 2012/08/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/12/4/333.abstract N2 - Secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and usually caused by associated metabolic abnormalities, in particular, hypocalcaemia and hyperphosphataemia. Nevertheless, other causes of hyperparathyroidism can exist concurrently with CKD, challenging diagnostic interpretation and therapeutic intervention. We present four cases of hyperparathyroidism in patients with CKD that highlight some of these dilemmas. ER -