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PRIMARY HYPOMAGNESAEMIA WITH SECONDARY HYPOCALCAEMIA IN AN INFANT
Author(s) -
Keipert James A.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1969.tb114672.x
Subject(s) - hypocalcaemia , medicine , magnesium , calcium , pediatrics , magnesium deficiency (plants) , tetany , endocrinology , chemistry , organic chemistry
At the age of seven weeks an infant developed convulsions due to hypomagnesæmia with associated hypocalcæmia. The convulsions were not controlled by adequate calcium administration, but responded to magnesium therapy. The defect in magnesium metabolism in this case appears to be of the temporary variety and the infant is now making normal progress without treatment.