Interrelations between Essential Metal Ions and Human Diseases

MILS-13 provides an up-to-date review on the relationships between essential metals and human diseases, covering 13 metals and 3 metalloids: The bulk metals sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium, plus the trace elements manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, molybdenum, and selenium, all of whic...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sigel, Astrid. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sigel, Helmut. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sigel, Roland K.O. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Metal Ions in Life Sciences, 13
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7500-8
Table of Contents:
  • Metal Ions and Infectious Diseases. An Overview from the Clinic
  • Sodium and Potassium in Health and Disease
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease
  • Calcium in Health and Disease
  • Vanadium. Its Role for Humans
  • Chromium: Is It Essential, Pharmacologically Relevant or Toxic?- Manganese in Health and Disease
  • Iron: Effect of Deficiency and Overload
  • Cobalt: Its Role in Health and Disease
  • Nickel and Human Health
  • Copper: Effects of Deficiency and Overload
  • Zinc and Human Disease
  • Molybdenum in Human Health and Disease
  • Silicon: The Health Benefits of a Metalloid
  • Arsenic. Can this Toxic Metalloid Sustain Life?
  • Selenium. Role of the Essential Metalloid in Health.