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Calcium is the most abundant cation in the body, there being about 25 mol (1kg) in an average 70 kg man. Almost all of this calcium is within bone, which consists essentially of complex salts of calcium and phosphate. However, both calcium and phosphorus (as phosphate) have important extraskeletal functions. Magnesium has important intracellular actions, as well as being a constituent of bone.
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Lote, C. (2000). Renal regulation of body calcium, magnesium and phosphate. In: Principles of Renal Physiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4086-7_12
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