Effects of low calcium and magnesium dietary intake on the central nervous system tissues of rats and calcium-magnesium related disorders in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis focus in the Kii Peninsula of Japan

Magnesium Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Yasui, Masayuki ^a   Ota, Kiichiro ^a   Yoshida, Munehito ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Calcification of spinal ligaments; Calcium; Guam; Kii Peninsula; Magnesium; Unbalanced mineral diets

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GUAM; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIGAMENT; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; METABOLISM; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPINE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GUAM; HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY; LIGAMENTS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; NEW GUINEA; RATS; SPINE;

EID: 0031090820     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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