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. 1979 Aug;55(646):560–563. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.55.646.560

Hypocalcaemic chorea secondary to malabsorption.

P D Howdle, I Bone, M S Losowsky
PMCID: PMC2428083  PMID: 514936

Abstract

A patient presented with chorea and a recent history of Crohn's disease. Investigation revealed the cause of the chorea to be hypocalcaemia secondary to malabsorption. So far as is known there has been no previous report of hypocalcaemic chorea due to malabsorption.

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