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ACUTE COLCHICINE POISONING PRESENTING AS SYMPTOMATIC HYPOCALCAEMIA
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, and Berbir Medical Center Beirut, Lebanon
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Address correspondence to Dr. R. A. Frayha, American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Symptomatic hypocalcaemia was the dominant feature of acute colchicine poisoning in a young female with periodic polyserositis. Experimental data suggest that colchicine-induced hypocalcaemia is secondary to colchicine inhibition of bone resorption.
KEY WORDS: Colchicine toxicity, Hypocalcaemia
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