Science · 1964 · 296 citations · 9 references
MedicineBiochemistryEndocrinologyCalcium HomeostasisHormone BiochemistryMineral MetabolismCalcium EndocrinologyCalcium MetabolismEndocrine Regulation Of CalciumPhosphate HomeostasisThyroid EndocrinologyThyroid Hormone BiochemistryParathyroid Gland FunctionParathyroid Hormone BiologySerum Calcium MeasurementThyroid Hormone Physiology
A factor that lowers serum calcium and inorganic phosphate in rats has been purified 500-fold from 0.1N HCl extracts of hog thyroid glands. It is distinct from thyroxine and triiodothyronine and appears to be a polypeptide.
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Evidence for Calcitonin—A New Hormone from the Parathyroid That Lowers Blood Calcium
D. Harold Copp, E. C. Cameron, BARBARA A. CHENEY et al. · Endocrinology · 1962 · 708 citations
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Giraud V. Foster, A Baghdiantz, M. Ashwini Kumar et al. · Nature · 1964 · 278 citations
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