Treatment of Paget's Disease of Bone with Synthetic Salmon Calcitonin
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Examines the effect of calcitonin treatment on deafness due to Paget's disease of bone in Great Britain. Assessment of patients with Paget's disease of the skull and deafness; Progression of deafness in Paget's disease; Efficiency of calcitonin.
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Examines the therapeutic use of calcitonin in the treatment of deafness in patients with Paget's disease. Association of deafness with Paget's disease; Effectiveness of calcitonin; Assessment on the cases of patients with Paget's disease.
- Cardiac output in Paget's disease: response to long-term salmon calcitonin therapy. Woodhouse, N.J.Y.; Crosbie, W.A.; Mohamedally, S.M. // British Medical Journal;12/20/1975, Vol. 4 Issue 5998, p686
Provides information on the effectiveness of calcitonin in treating Paget's disease. Information on the increase in the vascularity and flow of blood through bone in Paget's disease; Role of calcitonin in reducing bone vascularity; Value of long-term calcitonin treatment to patients with high...
- Development and significance of antibodies to salmon calcitonin in patients with Paget's disease on long-term treatment. Woodhouse, N.J.Y.; Mohamedally, S.M.; Saed-Nejad, F.; Martin, T.J. // British Medical Journal;10/8/1977, Vol. 2 Issue 6092, p927
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- Calcitonin Salmon Injection. // AHFS Consumer Medication Information;Oct2019, p1
Calcitonin salmon injection is used to treat osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis is a disease that causes bones to weaken and break more easily. Calcitonin salmon injection is also used to treat Paget's disease of bone and to quickly reduce calcium levels in the blood when needed....
- Calcitonin for multiple fractures in Paget's disease. Jones, Robert; Hunt, Agnes // British Medical Journal;2/5/1977, Vol. 1 Issue 6057, p357
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