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Determination of calcium mineralization rate in humans by means of the slope of forearm retention curve after intravenous application of 47ca
Magda Harmut
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine calcium mineralization rate for the whole body aT from the slope of the forearm retention curve after intravenous application of 47Ca. The mineralization rate was determined in 17 subjects with generalized bone diseases. This method, which utilizes the slope of the forearm retention curve, has the advantage of avoiding blood sampling and excreta collecting. The disadvantage of the method if compared with the method which includes blood sampling is a greater error in determining the accretion rate values. Namely blood is a more sensitive indicator of calcium metabolism than retention values of radioisotope in the body or in a part of the body (forearm in this case).
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Hrčak ID:
167153
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Publication date:
17.12.1975.
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