Electrolyte disturbances and cardiac failure with hypomagnesaemia in anorexia nervosa.
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Electrolyte disturbances and cardiac failure with hypomagnesaemia in anorexia nervosa.
A 32 year old woman with anorexia nervosa was admitted to hospital with severe hypocalcaemia and hypokalaemia that was refractory to replacement treatment but that responded immediately to an infusion of magnesium. She also had congestive cardiac failure that responded to magnesium replacement. The mild hypomagnesaemia found in this patient was responsible for the refractory hypocalcaemia. Mino...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6510.1680