The Frog Prince of calcium homeostasis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 406-408

  Hadique, Sarah ^a   Khamare, Chet ^a   Finkel, Mitchell S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium; cell signaling; critical care; homeostasis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROHORMONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; VASOPRESSIN;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM BINDING; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; ELECTRICITY; FROG; HEART CONTRACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 79251547425     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318205c34d     Document Type: Editorial

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