CV Lattes
Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduate in Medicine from Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Santos (1978) and PhD in Nephrology from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1993). Has expertise in bone disease due to chronic kidney disease. Other areas of interest: chronic kidney disease, dialysis, secondary hyperparathyroidism, bone biopsy, renal osteodystrophy and bone histomorphometry. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
Disturbances in the calcium, phosphorus and parathormone metabolism are frequent in chronic kidney disease, resulting from decreased renal mass and the synthesis of 1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D (calcitriol). The calcitriol drift of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (calcidiol), which is derived from the pro-vitamin D, ergocalciterol and cholecalciferol. It maintains the calcium homeostasis and also has i…
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