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Title:
THE EFFECT OF THYROID DISEASE ON CALCIUM METABOLISM IN MAN ( MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND DEPT OF MEDICINE OF THE HARVARD MED SCHOOL APRIL 24, 1956 ) (PARTIAL)
Author(s):
BROWNESS, G L [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]; CORRIGAN, H [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]; KRANE, S M [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]; STANBURY, J B [HARVARD UNIVERSITY]
Subject Terms:
HREX
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Publication Date:
1956 Apr 24
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0014
Accession Number:
NV0702396
Originating Research Org.:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2012 May 14
Description/Abstract:
THE PRESENT STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DEFINE THE ALTERATIONS IN CALCIUM METABOLISM IN THYROID DISEASE IN MAN BY USING CALCIUM-45 AND THE TECHNIQUE OF ISOTOPE DILUTION. OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE IN EUTHYROID, HYPERTHYROID, AND MYXEDEMATOUS SUBJECTS, AND FOR PURPOSES OF COMPARISON, IN ADDITIONAL EUTHYROID PATIENTS WITH PAGET'S DISEASE AND WITH HYPOPARATHYROIDISM. THE FINDINGS INDICATE THAT BONE FORMATION AS WELL AS DESTRUCTION ARE PROCEEDING AT INCREASED RATES IN THYROTOXICOSIS.


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