| Literature DB >> 18227801 |
Amir Said Alizadeh Naderi1, Robert F Reilly.
Abstract
Magnesium ions are essential to all living cells. As the second most abundant intracellular cation, magnesium has a crucial role in fundamental metabolic processes such as DNA and protein synthesis, oxidative phosphorylation, enzyme function, ion channel regulation, and neuromuscular excitability. After presenting an overview of magnesium homeostasis, we review the etiologies of hypomagnesemia, with an emphasis on hereditary causes.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18227801 DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0680
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Clin Pract Nephrol ISSN: 1745-8323