Familial hypokalemia/hypomagnesemia and chondrocalcinosis.

Tineke J. Smilde, J F Haverman, Paul H. Schipper, A. R. M. M. Hermus, F J van Liebergen, J Jansen, P W Kloppenborg, M. I. Koolen

PubMed · 1994 · 57 citations · 0 references

Abstract

A family with familial hypokalemia/hypomagnesemia and chondrocalcinosis is described. The reduction of chondrocalcinosis, after years of magnesium supplementation in one patient, suggests that hypomagnesemia is an important factor in the pathogenesis of chondrocalcinosis in these patients.