Prognostic importance of plasma total magnesium in a cohort of cats with azotemic chronic kidney disease.

Dirk Hendrik Nicolaas van den Broek Yu-Mei ChangJonathan ElliottRosanne E Jepson

Published in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2018)

Hypomagnesemia was associated with higher plasma FGF23 concentrations and increased risk of death. Measurement of plasma tMg augments prognostic information in cats with CKD, but whether these observations are associations or causations warrants further investigation.

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