Review Article
The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare
Table 2
Measurement of magnesium levels [
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| (i) Total serum magnesium concentration | Filterable = 33% bound to proteins | 25% bound to albumin and 8% to globulin | Unfilterable = 66% of which | 92% is free and | 8% is complexed to phosphate, citrate, or other compounds | [14] | (ii) Serum ionized Mg concentrate | (iii) Total and free red blood cell Mg concentration | (iv) Tissue Mg from muscle and bone | (v) NMR for free Mg in tissues (research test) | (vi) Magnesium retention test (research test) |
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