Abstract
A total of four children with osteogenesis imperfecta, three with type I and one with type III forms of the disease, were treated with synthetic salmon calcitonin for 18-24 months. The annual fracture rate was decreased during calcitonin therapy compared with the period preceding it. No patient presented a marked inflexion in linear growth and a transient improvement was even noticed in two cases.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 401-5 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 1989 |
Keywords
- Age Determination by Skeleton
- Body Height
- Bone Development
- Calcitonin
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Fractures, Bone
- Humans
- Male
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Journal Article