title: Familial hypomagnesaemia with secondary hypocalcaemia: a new case that indicates autosomal recessive inheritance.
abstract: Male and female siblings, now aged 18 and 23 years respectively, with familial hypomagnesaemia and secondary hypocalcaemia provide further evidence that this is an autosomal recessive disorder and not X-linked as originally thought.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. peter.meyer@med.uni-tuebingen.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Boettger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium