RT Journal
A1 Orchard TJ
T1 MAgnesium and type 2 diabetes mellitus
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1999
FD October 11
VO 159
IS 18
SP 2119
OP 2120
DO 10.1001/archinte.159.18.2119
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.159.18.2119
AB 
THE ENORMOUS impact of diabetes on morbidity and early mortality in Western societies behooves us to closely examine all possible factors in its pathogenesis.1 The explosive increase in the incidence of diabetes in developing societies further underscores the importance of widening our search for preventable factors beyond the traditional concept of excess caloric intake and decreased caloric expenditure.2 The possibility, therefore, of a nutritional deficiency being an underlying factor has considerable appeal, particularly in terms of its obvious therapeutic implications.