| pubmed-article:7851804 | pubmed:abstractText | Serum magnesium levels, as well as magnesium content of red blood cells and peripheral mononuclear cells, were examined in 31 pregnant women in their third trimester. Ten were preeclamptic; chronic hypertension was found in 10, and 11 were normotensive. Magnesium serum levels were 1.2 +/- 0.1, 1.2 +/- 0.1 and 1.3 +/- 0.1 mEq/l in the normotensives, chronic hypertensives and preeclamptics, respectively. Red blood cell magnesium concentration was 3.4 +/- 0.4, 3.7 +/- 0.7 and 3.5 +/- 0.5 mEq/l, and mononuclear magnesium content was 37.9 +/- 30.6, 27.6 +/- 15.9 and 30.2 +/- 25.7 fg/cell in the same groups, respectively. These changes were not statistically significant. The results do not support the hypothesis that magnesium deficiency is involved in the pathophysiology of preeclampsia. | lld:pubmed |
