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Calcium in internal medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Morii, H. (Hirotoshi), Nishizawa, Yoshiki, 1945-, Massry, Shaul G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Springer, [2002]
Subjects:
Calcium Metabolism Disorders.
Minerals > metabolism.
Nutritional Requirements.
Table of Contents:
  • Clinical presentation of derangements of mineral metabolism
  • Nutritional needs of mineral metabolism
  • Calcium homeostasis
  • Intestinal absorption of calcium
  • Renal handling of calcium
  • Hypercalcemia and primary hyperparathyroidism
  • Hypocalcemia
  • Phosphate homeostasis
  • Intestinal absorption of phosphate
  • Renal handling of phosphate
  • Hyper- and hypophosphatemia
  • Magnesium homeostasis
  • Intestinal absorption of magnesium
  • Renal handling of magnesium
  • Hyper- and Hypomagnesemia
  • The parathyroid gland
  • Parathyroid hormone toxicity in chronic renal failure
  • Vitamin D normal physiology and vitamin D therapeutics in normal nutrition and various disease states
  • Bone
  • Normal structure and physiology
  • Primary osteoporosis
  • Secondary osteoporosis
  • Rickets and osteomalacia
  • Bone disease in chronic renal failure
  • Organ disease associated with deranged calcium metabolism
  • Calcium and ageing
  • Hypertension
  • Lipid disorder
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Central nervous system
  • Vascular calcification.