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. 1970 Apr;45(240):254-8.
doi: 10.1136/adc.45.240.254.

Tetany due to hypomagnesaemia with secondary hypocalcaemia

M Vainsel, G Vandevelde, J Smulders, M Vosters, P Hubain, H Loeb

Tetany due to hypomagnesaemia with secondary hypocalcaemia

M Vainsel et al. Arch Dis Child. 1970 Apr.

Abstract

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 pathological examination showed calcinosis of the myocardium, kidneys and in one of the cerebral arteries.

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