Abstract
Summary
Sexually mature rats maintained on a magnesium-deficient diet develop lesions of the skin characterized by erythema, purpural hemorrhages and eschars. The addition of magnesium to the diet results in recovery from the skin lesions. Other symptoms observed are essentially the same as in the immature animal deprived of magnesium. The increased length of time before the appearance of symptoms in older animals probably reflects increased body stores of magnesium with an increment in the time required to deplete the tissues of this element.
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