THE AMELIORATION OF HYPERVITAMINOSIS D IN RATS WITH VITAMIN A |
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| Authors: | Irwin Clark and C. Andrew L. Bassett |
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| Affiliation: | From the Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biochemistry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York |
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| Abstract: | The administration of relatively large amounts of vitamin A to hypervitaminotic D rats decreases the toxicity of this condition as evidenced by increased longevity, better weight gain, decreased soft tissue calcification and by considerable improvement in the histologic appearance of osseous structures. |
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