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Abstract
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.
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- Calcitonin(1-32)
- Calcitrin
- Thyrocalcitonin
- Ciba 47175-BA
- Eel Calcitonin
- Calcitonin, Eel
- Ciba 47175 BA
- Ciba 47175BA
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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74,66-67; was THYROCALCITONIN 1968-73 & 1964-65 (Prov 1964-65)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Calcitonin. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002116. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002116
- Calcitonin. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24783750