Paget bone disease: radiologic documentation of healing with human calcitonin therapy.
Five of 6 patients with lytic Paget bone disease treated with daily doses of synthetic human calcitonin for more than six months showed radiologic evidence of healing and arrest of the lytic front.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D002116:Calcitonin