Hypocalcemia secondary to hypomagnesemia in a patient with Crohn’s disease

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-25

  Mukai, Akane ^a   Yamamoto, Shuji ^a   Matsumura, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crohn s disease; Hypocalcemia; Hypomagnesemia; Parathyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; INFLIXIMAB; MAGNESIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROHN DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE RESECTION; INTESTINE SOUND; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCLE SPASM; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; TETANY; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POTASSIUM;

EID: 84925536764     PISSN: 18657257     EISSN: 18657265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12328-014-0544-9     Document Type: Article

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