Changes in Total Body Calcium and Sodium in Osteomalacia. Issue 5791 (1st January 1972)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hosking, D. J.; Chamberlain, M. J.; Fremlin, J. H.; James, H.
• Is Part Of: BMJ. Volume 1:Issue 5791(1972)
• Page Start: 19
• Page End: 22
• Publication Date: 1972-01-01
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5791.19
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-1447

Abstract

Abstract : Serial measurements were made of total body calcium and sodium, using whole body neutron activation analysis, in six patients being treated for osteomalacia. All showed a rise in total body calcium ranging from 3 to 30%; this continued for up to 24 months after the start of treatment, though complete healing had apparently occurred after 6 months on the basis of histological examination of biopsy specimens of bone. As the total body calcium rose there was a fall in the non-exchangeable sodium pool in bone.