HYPOCALCEMIA AND CHRONIC ALCOHOL-INTOXICATION - TRANSIENT HYPOPARATHYROIDISM SECONDARY TO MAGNESIUM-DEFICIENCY

Authors
HERMANS C LEFEBVRE C DEVOGELAER JP LAMBERT M
Citation
C. Hermans et al., HYPOCALCEMIA AND CHRONIC ALCOHOL-INTOXICATION - TRANSIENT HYPOPARATHYROIDISM SECONDARY TO MAGNESIUM-DEFICIENCY, Clinical rheumatology, 15(2), 1996, pp. 193-196
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
15
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
193 - 196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1996)15:2<193:HACA-T>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The authors report the observation of an alcoholic patient admitted fo r tetanic manifestations, in whom severe hypocalcaemia associated with hyperphosphatemia were suggestive of hypoparathyroidism. Administrati on of magnesium supplementation alone improved the clinical features a nd led to the correction of the calcium abnormalities. The mechanisms of hypomagnesemia in alcohol intoxication are reviewed as well as the links with hypocalcaemia.