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D Kanovitch

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PubMed1976

[Calcium metabolism after the menopause].

The authors recall the antagonism between estradiol and parathormone. Estradiol tends to lower serum calcium and fix calcium in the bones as shown by one of us 25 years ago. The mechanism of this action of estrogen on calcium metabolism has been determined by numerous authors but some points are still not clear, e.g. the interferences between estrogen and calcitonin. Classically, parathormone is known to increase bony reabsorption and raise serum calcium. After the menopause the gradual reduction in estradiol secretion leads to post-menopausal osteoporosis. It is better to administer estrogens prophylactically to women after the menopause provided a cervical smear and mammography have been carried out to eliminate latent carcinoma of the breast or uterine cervix.

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PubMed1976

[Phosphorus and calcium metabolism in the normal pregnant woman].

The authors consider various aspects of calcium metabolism in pregnant women and the reciprocal influences of endogenous variations in the levels of parathormone, calcitonin, vitamin D, oestrogens and the interferences between calcium metabolism in the mother and that in the foetus. They note the precautions which should be taken for the neonatal calcium balance to be stable.

Adult↗