MAGNESIUM
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Overview
From WUSTL NeuromuscularMagnesium Renal associations Dialysis: Associated with high levels Magnesium toxicity: More common when magnesium parenterally administered in renal failure Vascular calcification: Correlates inversely with serum magnesium levels Tendon reflexes: Reduced by high magnesium levels Myasthenia gravis: May produce exacerbation Acute flaccid paralysis May occur with high magnesium levels May be assocaited with NMJ disorder Oxaliplatin neurotoxicity: Ca++ & Magnesium may reduce toxicity Hypomagnesemia Clinical Seizures Tetany Paresthesias Weakness Genetic syndromes Primary hypomagnesemia ● Claudin 18
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Data sourced from the Washington University Neuromuscular Disease Center. For clinical use, always refer to primary sources.