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FAMILIAL HYPOKALAEMIA AND HYPOMAGNESAEMIA A Further Family
Author(s) -
SPENCER R. W.,
VOYCE M. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04921.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypokalemia , tetany , hypomagnesemia , abnormality , endocrinology , urinary system , pediatrics , magnesium , psychiatry , materials science , metallurgy
. A family of four siblings is reported. While both parents and one sib appear entirely normal, three other sibs give biochemical evidence of impaired potassium conservation, hypomagnesaemia and decreased urinary calcium output. Affected sibs may be symptom free and of either sex. The dominant clinical abnormality, when it does occur, is tetany and may be precipitated by non‐specific illness. Sustained management of the hypokalemia seems desirable.