title: [Osteopetrosis (Albers-Schönberg) (author's transl)].
abstract: Investigations of a patient with the benign adult form of osteopetrosis (Albers-Schönberg) revealed that the clinical symptoms correlated with a high bone metabolism, high calcium incorporation in bone, increased osteoclast activity and probably reactive increase of calcitonin in the blood.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010010:Osteoclasts; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D002116:Calcitonin; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Die Osteopetrose Albers-Schönberg.