1. The response to exogenous parathyroid hormone (PTH) was tested in normal subjects and patients with osteomalacia due to vitamin D deficiency; 200 MRC units of bovine PTH were administered intravenously.

2. The rise in plasma adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and the increase in urinary excretion of cyclic AMP were reduced in the patients with vitamin D deficiency. After treatment with vitamin D the responses returned to normal.

3. It is suggested that this reversible resistance is due to the secondary hyperparathyroidism associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Keywords:
adenosine 3′:5′-cyclic monophosphate, hyperparathyroidism (secondary), kidney, parathyroid hormone, receptors, vitamin D deficiency
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1982
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