Absorption of magnesium chloride solution in small bowel disease.
The absorption of a magnesium chloride solution has been observed by balance studies in three patients with ileal resections and in one patient with idiopathic steatorrhoea and biliary cirrhosis. All patients were depleted of magnesium because of malabsorption. The mean net absorption of magnesium increased to 4.5, 4.9, 5.8 and 16.4 mmol magnesium per day, when a supply of 25 mmol magnesium was given. The result was encouraging with positive magnesium balances in all patients.
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Department of Clinical Nutrition and the Fourth Medical Clinic, Sahlgrens Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.