Hypomagnesaemia As a Mortality Risk Factor in Protein-energy Malnutrition
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Hypomagnesaemia As a Mortality Risk Factor in Protein-energy Malnutrition
Magnesium (Mg) modulates vasomotor tone, blood pressure, and peripheral blood flow. Mg deficiency was shown to trigger vasoconstriction and enhance vascular endothelial injury (2). On the other hand, endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide, produced by vascular endothelial cells (3). We investigated the effects of hypomagnesaemia on mortality and other mortality risk factors in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1606-0997
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i2.7863