Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 163-170 , February 2001

The multifaceted and widespread pathology of magnesium deficiency

Received 19 October 1999 ,Accepted 28 March 2000.

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PII: S0306-9877(00)91133-2

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1133

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 163-170 , February 2001