RICKETS AND PARATHYROIDS

Parathyroids and Calcium Metabolism

The experiments reported in this article are in full agreement with the facts known about the action of Ca and Mg salts in tetanic animals. In the concentrations used here both Ca lactate and Mg lactate suppressed the muscular convulsions in the tetanic salamander larvae. The Mg lactate, however, appears to be more effective than the Ca lactate. At any rate the suppression of the tetanic convul...

The Parathyroids

This volume contains the verbatim proceedings of a symposium on current research on the parthyroids held at Rice University early in 1960. Most of the papers which comprise the meat of the conference have already appeared, or are now appearing in print, in more conventional scientific journals. Nevertheless, it is a great help to the physiologist, biochemist, or clinician interested in this fas...

The Function of the Parathyroids.”

Though the parathyroids have been known for more than 40 years, their function is still unknown. In 1909 MacCallum and Voegtlin (1) formed the theory that the parathyroids control the calcium metabolism and by doing so exert an influence on the nervous system. This theory was based upon two important findings in parathyroidectomized dogs; namely (a) the beneficent action of calcium salts on the...

Rickets

Rickets in Tehranian Children: Occurance of Chronic Sinusitis and Giardiosis in Late Rickets

SUMMARY A review of out patients diagnosed with rickets during last one and half year revealed 135 cases of rickets among totally 1550 patients refered to our pediatric infectious clinics. Diagnosis were made by the clinical, biochemical, radiological and pathological findings. All the patients were treated by Vit D as needed, follow up examinations were done at least for 6m. We could not see ...