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