Calcium metabolism under conditions of weightlessness.
This is a brief report on the possible effects of weightlessness on calcium metabolism. Interest in this topic is based on common, clinical experience: immobilization from any cause is accompanied by skeletal rarefaction and hypercalcuria.
Neuman
W F
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Department of Radiation Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013026:Space Flight; D014893:Weightlessness / Q000009:adverse effects*
D002118:Calcium