Magnesium basics

CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Jahnen Dechent, Wilhelm ^a   Ketteler, Markus ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

hypermagnesaemia; hypomagnesaemia; magnesium; physicochemical properties; physiological function; regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTACID AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CISPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIGOXIN; DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; INSULIN; LAXATIVE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M6; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M7;

ABSORPTION; BINDING SITE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BRADYCARDIA; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL LEVEL; CELL TRANSPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENZYME METABOLISM; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSULIN RELEASE; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; ISOTOPE LABELING; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; LIPID METABOLISM; LOADING TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MAGNESIUM EXCRETION; METAL METABOLISM; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TOXEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENDON REFLEX; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; URINARY EXCRETION; VEGETARIAN;

EID: 84864457439     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr163     Document Type: Review

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