Open AccessPatterns and correlates of serum magnesium levels in subsets of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Olatunde Odusan,
OB Familoni,
Adesina O Odewabi,
Akolade O Idowu,
Ayodeji S Adekolade
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_190_16
Subject(s) - hypomagnesemia , medicine , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , endocrinology , magnesium , type 2 diabetes , gastroenterology , magnesium deficiency (plants) , materials science , metallurgy
Magnesium (Mg) is the 4 th most common mineral and the 2 nd most abundant intracellular cation in the body. It plays major roles in various physiological activities and has been implicated in many disease states.