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SUBMITTER: Patel S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5030594 | biostudies-other | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Patel Sabina S Rayanagoudar Girish G Gelding Susan S
BMJ case reports 20160913
Magnesium is the second most abundant intracellular cation and plays an essential role in neuronal, skeletal and cardiac tissue. Hypomagnesaemia can cause hypocalcaemia by inhibiting parathyroid hormone release and inducing resistance at its receptor sites. Untreated hypomagnesaemia can lead to tetany, recurrent seizures, status epilepticus and life-threatening arrhythmias. Primary hypomagnesaemia with secondary hypocalcaemia (HSH) is a rare metabolic disorder of intestinal magnesium absorption. ...[more]