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Familial hypomagnesaemia

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Familial hypomagnesaemia is probably an autosomal recessive condition where there is renal loss of magnesium, causing a secondary hypocalcaemia. It causes fits in the first few weeks of life, which are resistant to treatment with calcium, but which respond rapidly to magnesium.

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