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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008275
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008275
Preferred Name

Magnesium Deficiency

Definitions
A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of magnesium in the diet, characterized by anorexia, nausea, vomiting, lethargy, and weakness. Symptoms are paresthesias, muscle cramps, irritability, decreased attention span, and mental confusion, possibly requiring months to appear. Deficiency of body magnesium can exist even when serum values are normal. In addition, magnesium deficiency may be organ-selective, since certain tissues become deficient before others. (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 12th ed, p1936)
Synonyms
Deficiencies, Magnesium
Deficiency, Magnesium
Magnesium Deficiencies
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