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Normalization of mineral homeostasis after reversal of osteopetrosis.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Jul 1995
Nesbitt T, Marks S C, Jackson M E, Mackay C A, Drezner M K
Abstract excerpt
Whether a radiographic and histologic cure of osteopetrosis includes normalization of mineral homeostasis remains unknown. Thus, we explored the extent of defective mineral metabolism in the microphthalmic (mi/mi) mouse before and after cure. Under basal conditions mi mutants exhibit normocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, and elevated renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1-hydroxylase activity. However, administration of PTHrP (3...
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