title: [Magnesium and calcium contents in hair and serum of children and young people with osteocopic-joint muscular pains of unknown origin].
abstract: The study included children and young people with osteocopic-joint-muscular pains of unknown origin, in whom calcium-magnesium disorders administration were suspected. It was found that the contents of magnesium and calcium in hair were lowered in relation to the healthy children, particularly in the youngest age group (up to 5 years old, significant difference at p < 0.10) and in children at the stage of development (11-15 years old, p < 0.05). In some children (N = 52) serum magnesium and calcium levels were additionally examined. The decreased magnesium and calcium levels in hair at their normal concentrations in serum were found considerably more often than the reverse situation.
authors.affiliation: Instytut Ekspertyz Sadowych, Krakowie. tlech@ies.kraków.pl
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lech
authors.forename: Cecylia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zych-Litwin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000378:metabolism*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006197:Hair / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D010146:Pain / Q000378:metabolism*; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium