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Hypomagnesemia: A Rare Cause of Movement Disorders, Myopathy and Vertical Nystagmus

Groups and Associations Ray S, Kamath VV, Jadhav SR, Rajesh KN
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice 2023

The incidence of hypomagnesemia has been reported as 12% among hospital admissions but hypomagnesemia is frequently underdiagnosed. 1 Neurological symptoms include nausea, headache, vertigo, cognitive impairment, neuronal hyperexcitability, cerebellar and eye signs. 2 , 3 We report a patient with hypomagnesemia presenting with ataxia, tremors, myoclonus, downbeat nystagmus (DBN) and proximal myopathy.