Author : Börje Edgar Christopher Nordin
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ISBN 13 : 9781306906104
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)
Book Synopsis Physiological Basis of Metabolic Bone Disease by : Börje Edgar Christopher Nordin
Download or read book Physiological Basis of Metabolic Bone Disease written by Börje Edgar Christopher Nordin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--