INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL HYPERCHOLESTEREMIA, MAGNESIUM REQUIREMENT, AND EXPERIMENTAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS

The addition of cholesterol and cholic acid to a diet containing 24 mg. percent of magnesium, an amount normally required for young rats, resulted in magnesium deficiency in rats. This was characterized by hyperexcitability, hyperemia of the ears, calcium deposition in the kidney tubules, low serum...

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Main Authors: Vitale, J. J., White, P. L., Nakamura, M., Hegsted, D. M., Zamcheck, N., Hellerstein, E. E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1957
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2136817/