title: Importance of calcitonin in physiology, clinical pharmacology, and medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Munson
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood / Q000266:history / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium