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Magnesium Research. Volume 18, Number 1, 5-6, March 2005, Editorial
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Author(s) : Jean Durlach . |
ARTICLE
Auteur(s) :, Jean Durlach
This first issue of 2005 testifies to the vitality of research on
magnesium originating from many parts of the world.It includes
experimental and clinical studies in biology, cardiology,
dietetics, epidemiology, hematology, internal medicine,
neonatalogy, physiology and therapeutics.1. One original
experimental paper is presented.F. Corica et al. (Messina, Cosenza,
Italy) demonstrated that leptin-dependent platelet aggregation is
inhibited ex vivo by MgSO4 in a dose-dependent manner. The blocking
of the hydrolysis of phosphoinositide and of intracellular Ca
mobilisation may be involved in these findings.2. Next come two
original clinical papers.C.Y. Yang et al. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
investigated the possible association between the risk of death
from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the levels of
magnesium in drinking water from municipal supplies in a matched
case-control study. There is a significant trend toward a decreased
risk of SIDS with increasing magnesium levels in drinking water.J.
Durlach et al. (Paris, France) stressed the importance of the
chronopathological forms of asthma through magnesium depletion with
hypofunction or hyperfunction of the biological clock. The
treatment of these clinical forms of asthma involves the
maintenance of a standard dosing schedule of anti-asthma drugs, a
balanced Mg intake and the appropriate treatment of the
chronopathological disorders: mainly diverse forms of “darkness
therapy” in hypofunction of the biological clock and of
“phototherapy” in hyperfunction.3. A review paper follows.W.
Bobkowski et al. (Poznan, Poland; Paris, France) attempted to
evaluate the importance of magnesium status in the pathophysiology
of idiopathic mitral valve prolapse (IMVP). IMVP appears to be a
frequent complication of the neural form of magnesium deficit. If
it is necessary to obtain a balanced magnesium status, the early
introduction of nutritional magnesium supplementation, preferably
in childhood, may protect from the onset of symptoms of magnesium
deficit, particularly from IMVP.4. The selected Abstracts of the
last issues of the Journal of Elementology and of the
25th Magnesium Symposium of the German Magnesium
Research Society (Munich, 8-9 October 2004), two “In
memorian” concerning the loss of two eminent magnesium researchers:
Pierre Larvor and Mildred Seelig, the Calendar of Magnesium
Meetings followed by the Forthcoming Contents complete the first
2005 issue of our quarterly international journal Magnesium
Research.
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