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Hypomagnesaemia due to malabsorption is not always responsive to oral magnesium oxide supplementation alone
  1. R P Arasaradnam,
  2. R P Bolton
  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster DN2 5LT, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr R P Arasaradnam, SpR Gastroenterology, Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Doncaster DN2 5LT, UK;
    ramesh_pa{at}hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.50.6.897

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    We read with interest the Gut File report by Dr Ross and colleagues of hypomagnesaemia due to malabsorption, eventually responding to oral magnesium oxide supplementation (Gut 2001;48:857–8). Our experience however has been different. For the past seven years we have managed a 65 year old woman with short bowel syndrome (right …

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