Ten dialysis patients with evidence of R. O. D. were studied on X-ray, chemical finding and bone histology.
AL-P, P. T. H. increased in most patients with evidence of R. O. D. but estradiol decreased. In bone histology, four cases were osteitis fibrosa, four sclerotic type and one mixed type. Patients with evidence of osteitis fibrosa was younger than those with other type. It is suggested that the development of R. O. D. is correlated with secondary hyperparathyroidism and other endocrine function.
