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Magnesium supplementation to prevent recurrence of renal stones
Laranjinha,Ivo; Matias,Patricia; Dickson,JorgeStone formers have lower urinary magnesium than healthy people. Higher urinary magnesium levels are associated with lower incidence of kidney stones, and hypomagnesuria has been described as a lithogenic risk factor. Magnesium can have direct and indirect inhibitory effects on lithogenesis: decreasing the absorption of oxalates in the intestine; forming magnesium oxalate complexes which reduces the saturation o...
Mineral and Bone Disease (MBD)
Birne,Rita; Adragão,Teresa; Ferreira,Aníbal; Dickson,Jorge; Silva,Rui; Casqueiro,Ana; Oliveira,Regina; Martins,Ana Rita; Torres,João; Matias,PatríciaA 50-year-old post-menopausal recipient of a kidney allograft with bone pain, osteoporosis, persistent hypercalcaemia and elevated parathormone (PTH) levels, despite a satisfactory graft function, was treated with bisphosphonates and cinacalcet starting, respectively, 5 and 6 months after renal transplantation (RT). Sixteen months after treatment, there was improvement of bone mineral density (BMD) measured by ...