Methods and achievements in experimental pathology.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Karger [etc.]. Basel : Karger
Frequency: Annual
Country: Switzerland
Language: English
Start Year:1966 - 1991
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0076-681X (Print) 0076-681X (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 0204174 |
| (DNLM): | M32400000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01757209 |
| Coden: | MAEPBU |
| Classification: | W1 ME9613 |
Experimental studies on osteoporosis. Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (NSH) defines a spontaneous and experimental disease in most domesticated and in some wild animals, caused by dietary calcium deficiency and/or phosphorus excess. Calcium deficiency results directly in hypocalcemia, and phosphorus excess induces hyperphosphatemia which causes hypocalcemia. Secondary hyperparathyroidism thus results and the plasma parameters return to normal and are maintained but only at the expense of progressive bone loss. The bone loss is generalized but the bones are not uniformly affected. The hierarchy of bone loss is, in decreas...