Article
Resolving basal ganglia calcification in hereditary hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia due to a novel TRPM6 gene mutation.
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Sept 2012
Habeb Abdelhadi M, Al-Harbi Hanan, Schlingmann Karl P
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia (HSH) is a rare condition caused by mutations in the transient receptor potential melastatin 6 (TRPM6) gene. Patients usually present during early infancy with symptomatic hypocalcemia; however, intracranial calcification has not been previously reported in HSH. We report on a three-month-old Saudi girl who presented with hypocalcemic convulsions and was...
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