Changes in Total Body Calcium and Sodium in Osteomalacia
- 1 January 1972
- Vol. 1 (5791), 19-22
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5791.19
Abstract
Serial measurements were made of total body calcium and sodium, using whole body neutron activation analysis, in six patients being treated for osteomalacia. All showed a rise in total body calcium ranging from 3 to 30%; this continued for up to 24 months after the start of treatment, though complete healing had apparently occurred after 6 months on the basis of histological examination of biopsy specimens of bone. As the total body calcium rose there was a fall in the non-exchangeable sodium pool in bone.Keywords
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