MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY
Authors: PAUL W. CLOUGH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Editorials1 September 1960MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCYPAUL W. CLOUGHPAUL W. CLOUGHAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-3-615 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMagnesium deficiency arising spontaneously in cattle has been well known for three decades.1 It has repeatedly been produced experimentally and studied extensively in animals, particularly in rats.2 In man, however, it has been infrequently recognized, and until recently its manifestations as distinguished from those of other associated deficiencies had not been clearly established.Magnesium is widely distributed in food, in both plants and animals, and almost any human diet amply supplies the need under ordinary circumstances. A greatly increased requirement, however, or progressive depletion in conjunction with an inadequate intake may cause outspoken symptoms of deficiency.In cattle, manifestations are...1 Sjollema B: Nutritional and metabolic disorders in cattle, Nutrition Abstr. and Rev. 1: 621-632, 1932. Google Scholar2 KruseOrentMcCollum HDEREV: Studies on magnesium deficiency in animals. I. Symptomatology resulting from magnesium deprivation, J. Biol. Chem. 96: 519-539, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 Shohl AT: Mineral metabolism, 1939, Reinhold Publishing Co., New York, pp. 19, 20. Google Scholar4 HirschfelderHaury ADVG: Clinical manifestations of high and low plasma magnesium, J. A. M. A. 102: 1138-1141, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 RavdinJohnston JSCG: Clinical significance of magnesium deficiency and its relation to parathyroid disease, Am. J. M. Sc. 235: 206-219, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 MartinMehlWertman HEJM: Clinical studies of magnesium metabolism, M. Clin. North America 36: 1157-1171, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 RandallRossmeislBleifer REECKH: Magnesium depletion in man, Arch. Int. Med. 50: 257-287, 1959. LinkGoogle Scholar8 WackerVallee WEBL: Magnesium metabolism, New England J. Med. 239: 431-438, 1958 (a review). CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 FlinkStutzmanAndersonKonigFraser EBFLARTR: Magnesium deficiency after prolonged parenteral fluid administration and after chronic alcoholism complicated by delirium tremens, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 43: 169-183, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar10 Flink EB: Magnesium deficiency syndrome in man, J. A. M. A. 160: 1406-1409, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar11 FlinkMcCollisterPrasadMelbyDoe EBRASJCRP: Evidences for clinical magnesium deficiency, Ann. Int. Med. 47: 956-968, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar12 SuterKlingman CWO: Neurologic manifestations of magnesium depletion states, Neurology 5: 691-699, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar13 ValleeWacker BLWE: The magnesium deficiency tetany syndrome in man, New England J. Med. 262: 155-161, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByHypomagnesemic tetany due to excessive lactationAnnotationsAbnormal electrolyte and water metabolism in acute intermittent porphyriaChronic magnesium deficiencySome Psychiatric Syndromes in Internal Medicine 1 September 1960Volume 53, Issue 3Page: 615-620KeywordsDietFoodMagnesium Issue Published: 1 September 1960 PDF DownloadLoading ...