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. 1985;4(2-3):129-36.

The hyperventilation syndrome: a neurosis or a manifestation of magnesium imbalance?

R Fehlinger, K Seidel
  • PMID: 4046641

The hyperventilation syndrome: a neurosis or a manifestation of magnesium imbalance?

R Fehlinger et al. Magnesium. 1985.

Abstract

It has been proven with clinical, psychological and electromyographic tests that the hyperventilation (HV) syndrome cannot be separated from so-called genuine tetany. Tetanic patients with and without HV are characterized by a significant hypocalcemia; but a significant hypomagnesemia is exclusively found in tetanic patients with HV attacks. Possible pathogenic mechanisms are discussed which may explain the HV attacks as a consequence of primary magnesium deficiency.

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