[Visual hallucinations and unusual pain related to hypomagnesemia in an advanced cancer patient]

Joaquim Bosch-Barrera1, Julia Urdiroz, Carlos Centeno

  • 1Departamento de Oncología, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. jboschbarrera@yahoo.es

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