Carpopedal spasm in an elderly man: An unusual presentation of coeliac disease

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 524-525

  Schmidt, Katrin ^a   Powari, Manish ^a   Shirazi, Tarek ^a   Vaidya, Bijay ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM; MULTIVITAMIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM; THYROTROPIN; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELDERLY CARE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUSCLE SPASM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QT INTERVAL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 37249007330     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.100.11.524     Document Type: Article

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