BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Letter: Whence the calcitonin. 1973

V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002116 Calcitonin A peptide hormone that lowers calcium concentration in the blood. In humans, it is released by thyroid cells and acts to decrease the formation and absorptive activity of osteoclasts. Its role in regulating plasma calcium is much greater in children and in certain diseases than in normal adults. Thyrocalcitonin,Calcitonin(1-32),Calcitrin,Ciba 47175-BA,Eel Calcitonin,Calcitonin, Eel,Ciba 47175 BA,Ciba 47175BA
D006651 Histocytochemistry Study of intracellular distribution of chemicals, reaction sites, enzymes, etc., by means of staining reactions, radioactive isotope uptake, selective metal distribution in electron microscopy, or other methods. Cytochemistry
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013961 Thyroid Gland A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively. Thyroid,Gland, Thyroid,Glands, Thyroid,Thyroid Glands,Thyroids
D015043 Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome A syndrome that is characterized by the triad of severe PEPTIC ULCER, hypersecretion of GASTRIC ACID, and GASTRIN-producing tumors of the PANCREAS or other tissue (GASTRINOMA). This syndrome may be sporadic or be associated with MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1. Syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison,Zollinger Ellison Syndrome

Related Publications

V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Letter: Calcitonin in the goat.
July 1976, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Letter: Heterogeneity of calcitonin.
January 1975, Lancet (London, England),
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Whence the "proteii"?
January 1971, The New England journal of medicine,
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Whence the monocytes?
February 1969, Annals of internal medicine,
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Whence the monocytes?
February 1969, Annals of internal medicine,
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Whence the arthrogrypotics?
November 1976, The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume,
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Letter: Ectopic production of calcitonin.
October 1973, Lancet (London, England),
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Letter: Ectopic production of calcitonin.
November 1973, Lancet (London, England),
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
[Letter: The calcitonin induced acute hypocalcemia test].
May 1976, La Nouvelle presse medicale,
V A LiVolsi, and C R Feind, and P LoGerfo, and A H Tashjian
Whence Resistance?
December 2015, Surgical infections,
Copied contents to your clipboard!