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A lifetime of aches, pains and hypocalcaemia

Leach E R , John W G , Boucher B J , Thalange N

A 13-year-old girl with a history of developmental dyspraxia, enamel hypoplasia and a raised creatinine kinase (CK) presented to her GP with fatigue on any physical exertion including walking. On questioning she has always complained of muscle pain and tiring easily since she was a young child. On blood testing it was identified that she was profoundly hypocalcaemic with a calcium adjusted for albumin of 1.52 mmol/l, phosphate of 3.20 mmol/l, parathyroid hormone (PTH) of 1.5 p...