Calcium metabolism in children suffering from homozygous beta-thalassaemia after oral administration of 47Ca.
The study of calcium metabolism in ten thalassaemic children comperatively with controls after oral administration of 47Ca has shown diminished intestinal absorption. It is suggested that this finding is propably related in part with the pathogenesis of the osteoporosis in thalassaemia.
D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*
D002118:Calcium