NOUN
- thyroid hormone that tends to lower the level of calcium in the blood plasma and inhibit resorption of bone
How To Use calcitonin In A Sentence
- Calcitriol functions in concert with parathyroid hormone and calcitonin to regulate serum calcium and phosphorous levels.
- In 2004, Goldenberg et al published results from an extensive literature search of fibromyalgia treatment trials and found no evidence for efficacy of opioids, corticosteroids, NSAIDs, benzodiazepines and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics, melatonin, calcitonin, thyroid hormone, guaifenesin, dehydroepiandrosterone or magnesium. Dana Ullman: Exploring the Research on Homeopathic Treatment for Fibromyalgia
- Nasal irritation, dryness, and rhinitis have been the most common complaints with intranasal calcitonin.25 As with all other treatments for osteoporosis, adequate intake of calcium and vitamin D is essential with calcitonin.
- OBJECTIVE: To isolate and characterize calcitonin from chicken ultimobranchial glands.
- Calcitonin and growth hormone are normally secreted by the thyroid and pituitary respectively.
- Procalcitonin, the precursor molecule of calcitonin, is a 116-amino acid peptide that is devoid of known hormonal activity.
- It can be detected through a fine needle aspiration biopsy of the suspicious thyroid nodule or through the measurement of calcitonin, a blood protein that is produced by the cells that form the tumor. Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Thyroid Cancer: The Facts
- Intranasal calcitonin is a polypeptide hormone that also inhibits osteoclastic activity.
- AIM: To study the effect of calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) on contraction and relaxation of iliac artery transduced with CGRP gene by retrovirus vector.
- Ablation of capsaicin sensitive afferent neurones was verified by a depletion of calcitonin gene related peptide from the gastric corpus wall.
