Abstract
An 8-year-old girl who developed hypomagnesemia, hypocalcemia and metabolic alkalosis during the course of gentamicin therapy is presented. Our findings are compared to previously reported cases, all of whom were adults.
Keywords: gentamicin complication, gentamicin therapy, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia
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Copyright © 1982 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Teziç T, Saraçlar Y, Bilginturan N, Kılcıoglu İ. Symptomatic hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia due to gentamicin therapy in an 8-year-old girl. Turk J Pediatr 1982; 24: 267-269. https://doi.org/10.24953/turkjpediatr.1982.4119
