title: [A woman in her seventies with rapid deterioration of cognitive impairment].
abstract: We present a female patient with an unusual cause of cognitive impairment that proved to be reversible. Her case study illustrates why acute deterioration of cognitive impairment requires a thorough clinical approach.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus.
authors.forename: Kyrre Kittang
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Reiakvam
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling Haukeland universitetssykehus og Klinisk institutt 2 Universitetet i Bergen.
authors.forename: Marianne Catharina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Astor
authors.affiliation: Avdeling for sykehjemsmedisin og Medisinsk avdeling Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus.
authors.forename: Bård Reiakvam
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kittang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia; D008274:Magnesium / Q000502:physiology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008275:Magnesium Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D008274:Magnesium