Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The role of calcitonin in hypocalcemia in acute experimental pancreatitis

  • Specialia
  • Published:
Experientia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Experimental pancreatitis in rats was accompanied by hypocalcemia. Thyroidectomy did not abolish the fall in serum calcium observed in intact animals during pancreatitis. Data presented in our study suggest that the thyroid gland and calcitonin are not important factors in causing the hypocalcemia observed in rats.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. D.D. Canale and R.K. Donabedian, J. clin Endocr.40, 738 (1975).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. J.R. Condon, D. Ives, M.J. Knight and J. Day, Br. J. Surg.62, 115 (1975).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. H.A. Edmondson and I. Fields, Archs intern. Med.69, 177 (1942).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. H.A. Edmondson and C.J. Berne, Surg. Gynecol. Obstetr.79, 240 (1944).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. I.W. Chen, H.M. Park and L.R. King, J. nucl. Med.15, 763 (1974).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. J.H. Lockeffeer, W.H.L. Hackeng and J.C. Birkenhäger, Acta endocr.75, 286 (1974).

    Google Scholar 

  7. E.P. Cortes, Ann. intern. Med.74, 1014 (1971).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. E. Paloyan, D. Paloyan and P.V. Harper, Surgery62, 167 (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  9. L.V. Avioli, S.J. Birge, S. Scott and W. Shieber, Am. J. Physiol.216, 939 (1969).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. J.R. Pickleman, K. Ernst, S. Brown and E. Paloyan, Surg. Forum20, 85 (1969).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. M. Sowa, H.E. Appert and J.M. Howard, Surgery144, 365 (1977).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. L.M. Keith, J.E. Barnes and F.R. Deukewalter, Archs Surg.77, 416 (1958).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. K. Mori, Archs. Biochem. Biophys.83, 552 (1959).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. C.H. Fiske and Y. Subbarow, J. biol. Chem.66, 374 (1925).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. M. Ceska, K. Birath and B. Brown, Clin. chim. Acta26, 437 (1967).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. C.W. Cooper, P.F. Hirsch, S.U. Toverud and P.L. Monson, Endocrinology81, 610 (1967).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. J. Gillquist, J. Larsson and R. Sjödahl, Scand. J. Gastroent.12, 21 (1977).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. G.L. Knecht, H.D. Wheeler and L.J. Deftos, Gastroenterology72, 58 (1977).

    Google Scholar 

  19. D.B. Cannarozzi and R.K. Donabedian, Experientia33, 543 (1977).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. G.M. Robertson, E.W. Moore, D.M. Switz, G.W. Sizemore and H.L. Estep, N. Engl. J. Med.294, 512 (1976).

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. G.C. Weir, P.B. Lesser and L.J. Drop, Ann. intern. Med.88, 185 (1975).

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. IIIrd Medical Clinic, Faculty of General Medicine, Charles University, U nemocnice 1, Prague 2, Czechoslovakia

    P. D. Broulík, J. Škrha & V. Pacovský

Authors
  1. P. D. Broulík
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. Škrha
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. Pacovský
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Broulík, P.D., Škrha, J. & Pacovský, V. The role of calcitonin in hypocalcemia in acute experimental pancreatitis. Experientia 37, 531–532 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01986181

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01986181

Keywords

Search

Navigation