... the effect of cellulose phosphate on magnesium metabolism in normal subjects, patients with latent hypoparathyroidism and patients with primary hyperparathyroidism were found to conform to the same model, with the same lower limit for T m , Mg /GFR for all three levels of parathyroid function. 3...

...A. M. Parfitt 1. The bivalent cation-binding agent, cellulose phosphate, was given for 6 days to four normal subjects and six patients with latent hypoparathyroidism (diagnosed by impaired response to EDTA infusion), all of whom were on a moderately low calcium diet. 2. In normal subjects...

...A. M. Parfitt 1. The bivalent cation-binding agent, cellulose phosphate, together with a low calcium diet was given for 6 days to nine patients with primary hyperparathyroidism subsequently verified at surgery. 2. Urinary calcium fell promptly by 8·4 mmol/24 h, and by 70%, and reached amounts below...