Endocrine Abstracts

Parathyroid glands are critical not only for regulation of the phosphorous-calcium metabolism, but also have a key role in the function of nervous, cardiovascular, digestive and other human body systems. Parathyroids are capable of accumulating the isotopes of cesium, strontium and radioactive iodine, which can lead to parathyroid cell damage and emergence of glandular dysfunction. Significant radioactive environmental releases and fallout after the Chernobyl NPP accident in 1...