M Magaldi, L Moltoni, G Biasi, R Marcolongo
BACKGROUND: Calcium and magnesium ions play a key role in the physiology of muscular contraction: changes in calcium ions concentration may be involved in the pathogenesis of fibromyalgia. Since the plasmatic levels of calcium and magnesium in fibromyalgia patients is always in the normal range, it seemed interesting to evaluate the intracellular calcium and magnesium concentration. METHODS: The study was carried out on two groups of subjects: 100 affected by fibromyalgia and 40 healthy controls...
July 2000: Minerva Medica