Familial hypomagnesaemia with secondary hypocalcaemia: a new case that indicates autosomal recessive inheritance.
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.
Meyer
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Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. peter.meyer@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Boettger
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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*
D008274:Magnesium