title: A practical approach to hypocalcaemia in children.
abstract: Hypocalcaemia is one of the commonest disorders of mineral metabolism seen in children and can be a consequence of several different aetiologies. These include a failure of secretion or action of parathyroid hormone, disorders of vitamin D metabolism and abnormal function of the calcium-sensing receptor. A practical approach to the investigation, diagnosis and subsequent management of hypocalcaemic disorders is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, UK. nick.shaw@bch.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D004062:DiGeorge Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium