Severe asymptomatic hypophosphataemia in a child with T-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

• Main Authors: Zakaria, N.H., Sthaneshwar, P., Shanmugam, H.
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society of Pathologists 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18842/; http://www.mjpath.org.my/2017/v39n3/hypophosphataemia.pdf

Hypophosphataemia is a metabolic disorder that is commonly encountered in critically ill patients. Phosphate has many roles in physiological functions, thus the depletion of serum phosphate could lead to impairment in multiple organ systems, which include the respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologica...