Author: Wirell, Marianne Plum
Title: The Effect of Magnesium on Blood Pressure in Treated and Untreated Hypertensive Patients
Description: Umeå, Umeå University, 1994. orig. wrappers. 24x16m, 75,(74) pp. Inked inscription on rear cover. Series: Umeaa University Medical Dissertations: New Series No 415. Textual tables & diagrams.. Some rubbing. A light wrinkle to last few page corners. Good. ¶ Contents: Introduction; The role of magnesium during evolution; The distribution of magnesium in the human body and the daily requirements; The occurrence of magnesium in food and beverages; Hypermagnesaemia: causes,, symptomatology, treatment; Hypomagnesaemia: causes, symptomatology, treatment; Magnesium measurement methods; Magnesium and Hypertension; Magnesium and blood pressure in animal research; Magnesium and blood pressure in human research; Epidemiological studies. Introduction; Water magnesium studies; Diet studies; serum, erythrocyte and mononuclear cell magnesium; Muscle magnesium; Urine magnesium; Clinical Studies; Magnesium deficiency; Magnesium supplementation; I.v. magnesium studies; Peroral magnesium studies; Pathophysiological studies; Relation between Na, K, Ca and Mg; The relation between Mg, renin and aldosterone; The relation between insulin-resistance, the metabolic syndrome and magnesium; Mg prostacyclin, EDRF; Mg-stress, catecholamines; Aims of the Study; Material and Methods; Study design and population; Blood pressure measurements; Measurements of electrolytes in blood, urine and muscle; Measurements of hormones; Side effects; Statistics; Results; Discussion; General Conclusions; References, Acknowledgements; Paper I-V.

Keywords: Internal Medicine, Magnesium, Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Trace Elements, , , ,