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A 45 year old lady is admitted with vomiting and anorexia. She is volume and electrolyte deplete and receives IV replacement. An upper GI endoscopy demonstrates severe gastritis. She is commenced on omeprazole and discharged. Over the next few months she is repeatedly admitted with muscle cramps, constipation and noted to have recurrent hypocalcaemia ranging from 1.7 to 1.85 mmol/L, requiring IV replacement. Her renal function is normal. You request further investigation.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Hypocalcaemia and Hypercalcaemia. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_7
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