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The Clinical Syndrome of Phosphate Depletion

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Homeostasis of Phosphate and Other Minerals

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 103))

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There are 600–700 grams of phosphorus in the human body, with 85% of it in the skeleton. Only 600–700 mg or 1/1000 of total body phosphorus is found in the extracellular fluid. About 15% of body phosphorus is located in soft tissues, mainly in the form of intermediary carbohydrate, lipid and protein compounds. The amount of inorganic phosphorus in the cell is very small, but it is very important since it is this fraction which provides the source of phosphorus for the resynthesis of adenosine triphosphate, ATP, (1).

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Massry, S.G. (1978). The Clinical Syndrome of Phosphate Depletion. In: Massry, S.G., Ritz, E., Rapado, A. (eds) Homeostasis of Phosphate and Other Minerals. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 103. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7758-0_32

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