Calcium challenge test for detecting calcium homeostasis disorders

摘要

The invention provides simple methods for detecting disorders of a subject's calcium homeostasis. The methods include administering a calcium salt to the subject and observing the effect of this dose of calcium on calcium levels in the subject's bodily fluids and/or tissues. The methods are useful to detect certain calcium homeostasis disorders or a predisposition for such disorders including adynamic bone disease and soft tissue calcification disorders, which are difficult to detect by other methods.