抄録
The authors' observations about the use in the clinical practice of the most important biochemical tests of functional investigation of the parathyroid gland are reported here. In diagnosing hypoparathyroidism, the utility of the parathyroid stimulation test through sodium versenate and through phosphorus over load, and of the parathyroid inhibition test through calcium overload, is indicated. In diagnosing hyperparathyroidism, the stimulation test through versenate and the inhibition test through a low-phosphorus diet are recommended as well. It is excluded, up to this time, that the investigation with radioactive isotopes of the calcium turnover may be of any practical use in diagnosing parathyroid disorders.
