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Long-term Clinical Follow-up of Patients with Familial Hypomagnesemia with Secondary Hypocalcemia
Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology - 23 Aug 2021
Bayramoğlu Elvan, Keskin Melikşah, Aycan Zehra, Savaş-Erdeve Şenay, Çetinkaya Semra
Abstract excerpt
Objective: Familial hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia (HSH) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a mutation in the transient receptor potential melastatin 6 (TRPM6) gene and is characterized by selective magnesium malabsorption. Affected cases are usually diagnosed during infancy and usually present with seizures due to hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia. Irreversible neurological deficits and...
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