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Descriptor English: Calcitonin
Descriptor Spanish: Calcitonina
Descriptor calcitonina
Entry term(s) tirocalcitonina
Scope note: Hormona peptídica que disminuye la concentración del calcio en la sangre. En el ser humano es liberada por las células de la glándula tiroides y disminuye la formación de los osteoclastos y su actividad resortiva. Su papel en la regulación del calcio plasmático es mucho mayor en los niños y en ciertas enfermedades que en los adultos normales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Calcitonina
Descriptor French: Calcitonine
Entry term(s): Calcitonine d'anguille
Ciba 47175-BA
Ciba 47175BA
TCT (ThyroCalciTonine)
Thyrocalcitonine
Tree number(s): D06.472.699.150
D06.472.931.052
D12.644.400.095
D12.644.548.150
D12.776.631.650.095
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002116
Scope note: A peptide hormone that lowers calcium concentration in the blood. In humans, it is released by thyroid cells and acts to decrease the formation and absorptive activity of osteoclasts. Its role in regulating plasma calcium is much greater in children and in certain diseases than in normal adults.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogues et dérivés
AD administration et posologie
AE effets indésirables
AG agonistes
AI antagonistes et inhibiteurs
AN analyse
BI biosynthèse
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CS synthèse chimique
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DF déficit
EC économie
GE génétique
HI histoire
IM immunologie
IP isolement et purification
ME métabolisme
PD pharmacologie
PH physiologie
PK pharmacocinétique
PO intoxication
RE effets des radiations
SD ressources et distribution
ST normes
TO toxicité
TU usage thérapeutique
UR urine
Pharm Action: Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents
Bone Density Conservation Agents
Registry Number: 9007-12-9
CAS Type 1 Name: Calcitonin
Related: Récepteurs à la calcitonine MeSH
DeCS ID: 22372
Unique ID: D002116
NLM Classification: WK 202
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/05/22
Calcitonine - Preferred
Concept UI M0003145
Preferred term Calcitonine
Entry term(s) TCT (ThyroCalciTonine)
Thyrocalcitonine
Ciba 47175-BA - Narrower
Concept UI M0003147
Preferred term Ciba 47175-BA
Entry term(s) Ciba 47175BA
Calcitonine d'anguille - Narrower
Concept UI M0003146
Preferred term Calcitonine d'anguille



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