title: Hypocalcaemia and chronic alcohol intoxication: transient hypoparathyroidism secondary to magnesium deficiency.
abstract: The authors report the observation of an alcoholic patient admitted for tetanic manifestations, in whom severe hypocalcaemia associated with hyperphosphatemia were suggestive of hypoparathyroidism. Administration of magnesium supplementation alone improved the clinical features and led to the correction of the calcium abnormalities. The mechanisms of hypomagnesemia in alcohol intoxication are reviewed as well as the links with hypocalcaemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Devogelaer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010710:Phosphates; D008278:Magnesium Sulfate; D008274:Magnesium