A Case of Primary Hypomagnesemia
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
; : 1153-1156, 2000.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Primary hypomagnesemia is a rare inherited disorder and it is considered to be due to either a defect in the intestinal transport of magnesium or a defect in renal tubular transport. It is important to measure the urinary excretion of magnesium to differentiate the causes of magnesium deficiency. We report here an one-month-old female infant of primary hypomagnesemia who presented generalized tonic-clonic seizures. She had hypomagnesemia(<1.5mg/dL) and several seizure attacks but normal magnesium creatinine ratio in random urine and normal magnesium excretion in 24-hour urine. Continuous oral magnesium supplementation was necessary to avoid the recurrence of symptoms and maintain serum rnagnesium levels.
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Main subject:
Recurrence
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Seizures
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Creatinine
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Magnesium
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Magnesium Deficiency
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article