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 …

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 …

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

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

Calcium ions (Ca") play numerous critical physiologic and biochemical roles, in both the
intra-and extracellular spaces. Ultimately, all intracellular Ca" originates from Ca" within the …

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 …

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

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 …

Hypercalcaemia Is a common clinical problem and may be the first sign that a patient has a
disease affecting calcium metabolism. For the rational treatment of such patients it is …

Publisher Summary Homeostasis is a term introduced by Cannon to designate the
maintenance of the milieu interne, a concept originally developed by Claude Bernard. The …