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Time Course of Action of Calcitonin on Resorbing Mouse Bones in vitro

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THE existence of a new hormone, calcitonin, that lowers serum calcium was first postulated by Copp et al.1, and the hormone was subsequently isolated from the thyroid of mammalian species2,3. Both in vivo and in vitro studies indicate that calcitonin acts by inhibiting bone resorption; recent reviews summarize the evidence4,5.

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REYNOLDS, J., DINGLE, J. Time Course of Action of Calcitonin on Resorbing Mouse Bones in vitro. Nature 218, 1178–1179 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2181178a0

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