SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM AND DEPRESSION IN CHRONIC-RENAL-FAILURE

This study was aimed at examining the relation between secondary hyper parathyroidism (sHPT) and depressive syndromes in chronic renal failur e (CRF). Sample and methods: 59 chronic CRF patients and 16 depressive patients without CRF were included. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), calciu m and phosphate as well as psychopathology were measured. Results: Dep ressive CRF patients with cognitive disorders show higher levels of PT H than less or not depressive subjects. With respect to the literature , our results give reason to assume that sHPT may play a pathogenetic role in those depressive syndromes which are additionally characterize d by cognitive disorders.