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of 'Clinical manifestations of hypocalcemia'
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Potassium replacement associated with the development of tetany in a patient with hypomagnesaemia.
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Cohen L
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Magnes Res. 1993;6(1):43.
A case of hypomagnesaemia secondary to cisplatin therapy and diarrhoea had concomitant hypokalaemia. Increasing the serum potassium level from 2.8 to 3.4 mmol/litre by potassium supplementation induced tetany. Hypokalaemia in the face of hypomagnesaemia may have a membrane-stabilizing effect and preserve excitability.
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Department of Medicine B, Lady Davis Carmel Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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