title: A Moroccan woman with severe electrolyte disorder.
abstract: The case of a Moroccan woman, age 25, who came into the emergency department with clinical tetany, is presented. She had experienced muscle spasms and paresthaesia of the upper limb over the previous few days. She had also experienced major diarrhoea for the previous 3 weeks. Investigations revealed a severe electrolyte disorder.
authors: Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. baptiste.pedrazzini@chuv.ch
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Pedrazzini
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Favrat
authors: H-A
authors: HA
authors: Lehr
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Bodenmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009018:Morocco; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*