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Tetany Due to Hypomagnesaemia with Secondary Hypocalcaemia

The case is described of a 5-month-old boy who had convulsions and persistent tetany, associated with hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia. Vitamin D treatment corrected the hypocalcaemia without modifying the clinical status; parenteral magnesium was given, but the child died shortly thereafter. The p...

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Main Authors: Vainsel, M., Vandevelde, G., Smulders, J., Vosters, M., Hubain, P., Loeb, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1970
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2020241/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5419995
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