The role of magnesium in protein-energy malnutrition.
The present study was aiming to explore further the variations in the levels of Mg in both serum and CSF of PEM children, hoping a better understanding revealed decreased values of both blood serum and CSF levels of Mg in PEM children which denote some abnormalities in brain metabolism. Such abnormalities add further support for assumption of the link between dietary insufficiency and subnormal mental performance in PEM.
D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism*; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*
D008274:Magnesium