title: The influence of dietary magnesium on reduction of nephrocalcinosis in rats fed purified diet.
abstract: The severity of nephrocalcinosis in female Colworth Wistar rats fed on a standard purified diet was reduced by increasing the magnesium content of the diet; both its incidence and severity could be increased in males of the same strain by lowering the dietary magnesium level.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D008274:Magnesium / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency; D008297:Male; D009397:Nephrocalcinosis / Q000178:diet therapy*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium