Calcium is critical for many metabolic functions. While 99% of body calcium is found as part
of the structure of bone and teeth, 1% found in plasma and body cells is crucial for such …

Calcium is important not only as the major constituent of the skeleton but also as the major
ionic cytosolic messenger for a variety of biochemical and physiological processes. Calcium …

Extracellular fluid calcium concentration must be maintained within a narrow range in order
to sustain many biological functions, encompassing muscle contraction, blood coagulation …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the renal handling of calcium. As no evidence
for secretion of calcium by the kidney exists, the renal handling of calcium must be controlled …

METABOLISM of calcium and implications of its derangement in functional and structural
renal alterations offer an imposing challenge. Recent observations by the clinician …

Calcium is an important ion in cell signaling, hormone regulation, and bone health. Its
regulation is complex and intimately connected to that of phosphate homeostasis. Both ions …

Total distribution of calcium (Ca) in the body. Ca (molecular weight, 40.08 D) is
predominantly incorporated into bone. Total body Ca content is about 1250 g (31 mol) in a …

New insights in regulation of calcium homeostasis : Current Opinion in Nephrology and
Hypertension New insights in regulation of calcium homeostasis : Current Opinion in …

In this review clinical abnormalities of renal calcium excretion will be examined against the
background of our present understanding of two interrelated areas:(1) the physiology of …