Fetal Calcium Metabolism

Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism: Seventh Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 108-112

  Kovacs, Christopher S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcitonin; Calcitriol; Calcium; Calcium receptor; Estradiol; Familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia; Hyperparathyroidism; Hypoparathyroidism; Magnesium; Phosphorus; Placenta; Placental calcium transport; Pregnancy; PTH; PTH related protein; Rickets; Tetus; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency insufficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956329341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470623992.ch22     Document Type: Chapter

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