title: [The role of urinary excretion of magnesium in patients with urolithiasis with special respect to recurrence rate of stone formation (author's transl)].
abstract: 154 patients with urolithiasis and 24 normal controls were investigated for serum levels and urinary excretion of magnesium. No significant difference in urinary magnesium excretion could be found neither between stone forming patients and normal controls nor between patients with different types of stones. There was also no difference in serum concentrations of magnesium. A disturbance in excretion of magnesium in urine could not be related to increased recurrence rate of stone formation. According to these findings it is doubtful whether a disturbance in urinary excretion of magnesium plays an important role in stone formation. Therefore the determination of magnesium excretion can be neglected in the course of routine investigation of patients with urinary calculi.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008274:Magnesium / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung der Magnesiumausscheidung im Harn von Patienten mit Harnsteinen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Rezidivneigung der Harnsteinbildung.