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Vitamin D

Metabolism and Function

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  • © 1979

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Authors:
  1. Hector F. DeLuca

    1. Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, USA

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Part of the book series: Monographs on Endocrinology (ENDOCRINOLOGY, volume 13)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 1-2

  3. Historical Aspects

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 3-7

  4. The D Vitamins and Their Precursors

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 8-10

  5. Metabolism of Vitamin D

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 11-23

  6. Regulation of Vitamin D Metabolism: The Kidney as an Endocrine Organ

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 24-34

  7. Functions of Vitamin D

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 35-52

  8. Analogs of 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 53-56

  9. Use of Vitamin D Compounds in Medicine, Especially 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 57-59

  10. Summary and Conclusions

    • Hector F. DeLuca
    Pages 60-60

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 61-82
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About this book

Because diseases of the bone are often less acute and less lifethreatening than dis­ eases of the circulatory system, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, liver, and the nervous system, they have received a disproportionately smaller amount of attention in the medical world. With the average increasing life span of man as a result of improve­ ments in modern medicine, espe~ially in the pediatric field, the seriousness of many metabolic bone diseases has indeed become more obvious. In addition, other improvements in medicine, such as hemodialysis for the preservation of renal failure patients, have permitted the development of other consequences of diseased kidneys, one of which is the appearance of renal osteodystrophy. Finally, the appearance of several genetic disorders in the area of metabolic bone disease has been underscored by the solution of other pediatric diseas~s of much more serious consequences. These emerging problems all suggest that much remains to be learned concerning the sys­ temic control of bone, both as a structural organ and as a reservoir for the important elements of calcium and phosphorus so essential for the support of life in complex multicellular organisms of which man is the most important. As will be demonstrated in the historical portion of this manuscript, the existence of the three most important humoral factors regulating bone metabolism and func­ tion are now known.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, USA

    Hector F. DeLuca

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vitamin D

  • Book Subtitle: Metabolism and Function

  • Authors: Hector F. DeLuca

  • Series Title: Monographs on Endocrinology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81306-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81308-5Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81306-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0077-1015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 80

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Medicine/Public Health, general

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma

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