title: Calcium kinetic investigations and their clinical use.
abstract: Pool sizes and internal fluxes of minerals can be quantitatively determined by tracer-kinetic investigations and compartmental analysis. Investigations performed in 252 patients revealed characteristic patterns for calcium pools and fluxes with respect to disease. The method provides a useful diagnostic tool in the early detection of metabolic bone disorders and in problems of differential diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute for Radiation Protection, Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D001851:Bone Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002132:Calcium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism; D012044:Regression Analysis
chemical_list: D002132:Calcium Radioisotopes; D002118:Calcium