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Case Reports
. 1987 Aug;63(742):665-7.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.63.742.665.

Hypomagnesaemia causing myopathy and hypocalcaemia in an alcoholic

H S Pall  1 , A C Williams, D A Heath, M Sheppard, R Wilson
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Case Reports

Hypomagnesaemia causing myopathy and hypocalcaemia in an alcoholic

H S Pall et al. Postgrad Med J. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

A well-nourished alcoholic patient developed a subacute myopathy which responded rapidly to correction of severe hypomagnesaemia. The finding of profound hypocalcaemia prompted the measurement of serum magnesium. Magnesium deficiency should be looked for in any alcoholic patient with a myopathy as the prognosis seems better than in many other forms of alcoholic myopathy. Correction of the magnesium deficiency corrects the hypocalcaemia without the need for calcium supplementation.

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