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The physiological basis of metabolic bone disease /

"Physiology and medicine are interrelated disciplines, and this is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the field of mineral metabolism. This book presents information on the physiological principles regulating the response of mineral homeostasis on genetic, molecular, environmental, and nutri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Morris, Howard A. (Editor ), Anderson, Paul, 1974- (Editor ), Nordin, B. E. C. (Börje Edgar Christopher) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Physiology and medicine are interrelated disciplines, and this is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in the field of mineral metabolism. This book presents information on the physiological principles regulating the response of mineral homeostasis on genetic, molecular, environmental, and nutritional factors. Chapters cover calcium and vitamin D nutrition, intestinal calcium absorption, plasma calcium homeostasis, renal handling of calcium, calcium sensing receptors, plasma phosphate homeostasis, endocrine actions of vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and the calcification process"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1439899436
9781439899434
9781306906104
1306906105