In women with postmenopausal osteoporosis receiving intermittent salmon calcitonin alone, bone histomorphometric values did not change significantly.
In plain wordsIn women with postmenopausal osteoporosis receiving salmon calcitonin alone, bone tissue measurements did not change significantly.
- Peptide
- Calcitonin-salmon
- Outcome
- No significant changeBone histomorphometric values
- Study
n = 4
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 100 MRC units every other day · 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
No significant change was found in bone histomorphometric values measured before and after treatment in 4 patients from each group.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Fourteen women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, all having at least one vertebral crush fracture, were randomly assigned to two treatment arms, each lasting 24 months.
The contrast group (7 patients) was treated intermittently with salmon CT given in the same time periods and at the same dose as in the coherence treatment group.