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Erdheim's law

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Calcioprotective law stating that calcic deposits in the bones are largest where static demands from pull and pressure are strongest.

Bibliography

  • J. Erdheim:
    Rachitis und Epithelkörperchen.
    Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 1914, 90: 363-368. Über das Calcioprotective Gesetz.
    Denkschriften der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 1914, 90: 611-621.

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