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. 1983 May;72(3):367-71.
doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09730.x.

Hypomagnesemia in diabetic children

U Ewald, M Gebre-Medhin, T Tuvemo

Hypomagnesemia in diabetic children

U Ewald et al. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1983 May.

Abstract

Serum concentrations of iron, copper, zinc and magnesium were determined in 27 Swedish children with well controlled diabetes without longterm diabetic complications. Thirteen of the diabetic children had age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Significantly lower serum magnesium concentrations were found in the diabetic children than in the matched healthy controls (p less than 0.01). The levels of iron, copper and zinc did not differ in the diabetic children from those in the controls. A negative correlation between serum magnesium level and duration of diabetes was found (p less than 0.05). This is seemingly the first report of hypomagnesemia in diabetic children.

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