ABSTRACT
The serum level of magnesium and calcium was systematically measured in patients with gallstones before and after cholecystectomy. It was found that 60 percent of the operated patients suffered of different digestive syndromes in association with magnesium deficiency, while 40 percent of patients had the same complaints in association of magnesium and calcium deficiency. When magnesium and/or magnesium plus calcium was supplemented these syndromes could be decreased significantly. In the latter case, an optimal ratio of magnesium/calcium is needed in the supplementary therapy.
Subject(s)
Cholecystectomy , Magnesium Deficiency/etiology , Postoperative Complications/blood , Adult , Aged , Calcium/blood , Calcium/deficiency , Calcium/therapeutic use , Cholelithiasis/blood , Cholelithiasis/surgery , Erythrocytes/metabolism , Female , Humans , Magnesium/blood , Magnesium/therapeutic use , Magnesium Deficiency/blood , Male , Middle Aged , Sex CharacteristicsABSTRACT
Double sequential counterimmunoelectrophoresis (DCIEP) (an improved method that we have developed) and Ausria II-125I (an indirect solid-phase radioimmunoassay) were compared for HBAg detection in chronic liver diseases. 26.8% of the patients were positive using DCIEP and 41.8% were positive with Ausria II125I. The conventional counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) is less sensitive than DCIEP, the level of positive results being 18.8% (P less than 0.001)9
