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Familial hypomagnesaemia with secondary hypocalcaemia.
BMJ case reports - 13 Sept 2016
Patel Sabina, Rayanagoudar Girish, Gelding Susan
Abstract excerpt
Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation and plays an essential role in neuronal, skeletal and cardiac tissue. Hypomagnesaemia can cause hypocalcaemia by inhibiting parathyroid hormone release and inducing resistance at its receptor sites. Untreated hypomagnesaemia can lead to tetany, recurrent seizures, status epilepticus and life-threatening arrhythmias. Primary hypomagnesaemia with secondary...
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