Genome-wide association study reveals two loci for serum magnesium concentrations in European-American children

Magnesium ions are essential to the basic metabolic processes in the human body. Previous genetic studies indicate that serum magnesium levels are highly heritable, and a few genetic loci have been reported involving regulation of serum magnesium in adults. In this study, we examined if additional l...

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Main Authors: Chang, Xiao, Glessner, Joseph, Tin, Adrienne, Li, Jin, Guo, Yiran, Wei, Zhi, Liu, Yichuan, Mentch, Frank D., Hou, Cuiping, Zhao, Yan, Wang, Tiancheng, Qiu, Haijun, Kim, Cecilia, Sleiman, Patrick M. A., Hakonarson, Hakon
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685389/