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Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 1985; 86(5): 141-145
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1210479
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On the Insulin Effect on the Magnesium Homeostasis

G. W. Ratzmann
  • Pediatric Clinic (Head: MR Prof. Dr. sc. med. K. Jährig) of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald/GDR
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1984

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16 July 2009 (online)

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Summary

In 10 healthy, normoglycemic children the intravenous application of 0.1 I.U. insulin per kg body mass is followed by a decline of the plasma magnesium levels of about 15 to 20 percent of the basal 1eve1s.

This effect is explained as a result of transport of extracellular magnesium into the intracellular space of the insulin-dependent tissues, and is discussed on the basis of known insulin-magnesium interactions at the receptor level.

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Insulin - Plasma magnesium - Decline - Children