Calcium Homeostasis
Hypercalcemia and Hypocalcemia
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-85317-036-2 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this book is to provide a simple and straightforward account of the physiological mechanisms which regulate the concentration of calcium in the extracellular fluid and the diseases which upset the homeostasis of calcium. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated. The book includes recent advances in the identification of factors which cause hypercalcemia (such as the PTH-related protein, transforming growth factor alpha, lymphotoxin, tumour necrosis factor and interleukin-1) and their potential role in normal calcium homeostasis as well as in other diseases. The book examines the way in which extracellular fluid calcium is maintained by fluxes of calcium which occur between the extracellular fluid, bone and the kidney.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
748 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85317-036-2 (9781853170362)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
[MD FRACP] - University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio TX
Content
General concepts of calcium homeostasis; calcium homeostasis - role of the gut, kidney and bone; hormonal factors which influence calcium homeostasis; clinical features and differential diagnosis of hypercalcemia; malignancy and hypercalcemia - humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy, hypercalcemia associated with osteolytic metastases; hypercalcemia associated with haematologic malignancies; treatment of hypercalcemia due to malignancy; promary hyperparathyroidism; other causes of hypercalcemia; hypocalcemia - causes, clinical features differential diagnosis; treatment of hypocalcemia.