title: [Calcitonin test].
abstract: Considering that the Calcitonin is one of the main therapeutic means in the senile Osteoporosis, the authors go over and over the necessity of a simple diagnostic test in order to point out the sensitiveness and resistance to the drug in subjects suffering from this pathology. After a single subministration of the drug to the subjects suffering from Osteoporosis at a high turn-over, it has been considered as sensitive at the therapeutic effect. Subjects in whom, a lowering of the calcemia under 0.3 mEq/1 was obtained within ten hours since the drug had been given.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Test della calcitonina.