Acute Effect of Metal Ions on Uptake of Alpha-Aminoisobutyric Acid (AIB) by Rat Parathyroids in vivo.

The Effects in the Rat of Varying Intakes of Dietary Calcium, Phosphorus, and Hydrogen Ion on Hyperparathyroidism Due to Chronic Renal Failure

“…Comparison of freeze-dried and fresh weights on the same glands in 41 samples ranging in fresh weight from 0.12 mg to 1.24 mg gave a correlation coefficient r 0.92. In a separate calcium study 60 animals were each injected with 20 (25,26). PAI = G/Bwt X S where G is the total disintegrations per minute in the glands, Bwt is body weight, and S is the disintegrations per minute per microgram of serum water.…”