Impaired parathyroid hormone response to hypocalcemic stimuli in a patient with hypomagnesemic hypocalcemia

• Published in: Journal of endocrinological investigation Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 513 - 516
• Main Authors: Iwasaki, Y, Asai, M, Yoshida, M, Oiso, Y, Hashimoto, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Calcium - blood; Dietary Supplements; Eating; Female; Humans; Hypocalcemia - metabolism; Magnesium - administration & dosage; Magnesium - metabolism; Magnesium Deficiency - metabolism; Parathyroid Hormone - secretion; Sodium Bicarbonate - administration & dosage

Magnesium (Mg) deficiency sometimes causes hypocalcemia with impaired PTH secretion although the precise mechanism remains unclear. We examined the PTH secretion in response to physiological hypocalcemic stimuli in a patient with hypomagnesemic hypocalcemia. We adopted sodium bicarbonate infusion te...