Abstract
Metastic calcification, frequently involving the kidneys, is not infrequent in patients with hypercalcemia, whether of dietary or metabolic derivation, because of osteolytic processes, or as a result of therapy. The study by B. S. W. Smith and Nisbet (1968), which showed that magnesium-deficient rats develop nephrocalcinosis, and later osteoporosis, is an appropriate reference for the transition from bone damage to renal damage of magnesium deficiency.
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Seelig, M.S. (1980). Renal Damage Caused by Magnesium Deficiency. In: Magnesium Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Disease. Topics in Bone and Mineral Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9108-1_13
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