BACKGROUND The relationship between serum minerals and homocysteine, lipoprotein and glucose homeostasis markers at birth has been scarcely reported. This study aims to determine a) the relationship between calcium, magnesium, cardiovascular disease (CVD) markers (e.g. lipids, lipoproteins, homocysteine) and insulin sensitivity/ resistance markers (e.g. glucose, insulin, HOMA) in cord serum; an...

BROOKFIELD [1933] showed that in the serum of the rabbit there was an inverse relationship between calcium and magnesium, a direct relationship between magnesium and inorganic phosphorus and an inverse relationship between calcium and inorganic phosphorus, the latter of which had been previously observed by Dupre and Semeonoff [1931] and Bourne and Campbell [1932]. The rises and falls in the co...

In 1965, Paunier et al. described a child of 6 weeks who had generalized convulsions and tetany, associated with low serum magnesium and calcium levels. Magnesium therapy stopped the tetany and established a normal serum calcium level. Similar cases were later reported by Salet et al. (1966), Friedman, Hatcher, and Watson (1967), and Skyberg et al. (1967). Most of these authors suggested that t...

Antiretroviral therapy inhibits HIV replication, maintains health, and preserves life. However, both antiretroviral therapy and HIV infection have been reported to have short- and long-term effects on bone metabolism. A cross-sectional study was performed to compare serum bone profiles in HIV positive patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy and compare them to therapy-naïve patients. S...

From chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 4 onwards, phosphate binders are needed in many patients to prevent the development of hyperphosphataemia, which can result in disturbed bone and mineral metabolism, cardiovascular disease and secondary hyperparathyroidism. In this review, we re-examine the use of magnesium-containing phosphate binders for patients with CKD, particularly as their use circ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Previous studies suggested an association between low serum magnesium levels and metabolic or cardiovascular disease. Additionally, several studies have shown that low serum magnesium is associated with vascular calcification, but there are no studies exploring its relation to coronary artery calcification (CAC). We investigated the relationship between low serum magnesium a...

The convenience and accuracy of flame photometric methods for the determination of sodium and potassium in body tissues and fluids suggest the desirability of determining other cations such as calcium and magnesium in the same sample. While reliable procedures for the determination of sodium and potassium have been developed (1, 2), there are apparently no satisfactory flame spectrophotometric ...

The magnesium content of blood serum may be accurately determined by atomic absorption measurements. Analysis can be carried out on as little as 0.05 ml of serum and the only preliminary treatment necessary is dilution of the sample with water containing about 1 per cent of ethylenediaminetetracetic acid or of strontium chloride. Existing methods for estimation of magnesium THE lack of detailed...

A simple, rapid, accurate method for determining calcium and magnesium separately in 0.1 ml. volumes of serum (or heparinized plasma) was required for the routine chemical pathology service of a children's hospital (Wilkinson, 1955-6). The apparatus used had to be generally available, the minimum of pipetting and transfer was desirable for the sake of accuracy, and the method had to be specific...