Assertion: calcitonin | /r/CapableOf | inhibit bone resorption
Facets:
value: strongly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Calcitonin inhibits bone resorption and can be used as a medication to treat several bone diseases and calcium problems, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and hypercalcemia (high blood calcium).
text: Early experiments demonstrated that calcitonin inhibited bone resorption and decreased calcium efflux from isolated cat tibiae and subsequent histologic and culture studies confirmed the osteoclast as its major site of action.
text: Calcitonin inhibits bone resorption and can be used as a medication to treat several bone diseases and calcium problems, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and hypercalcemia (high blood calcium).
text: As calcitonin strongly inhibits bone resorption, patients with Paget's disease were among the first to be treated with calcitonin.