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What causes low calcium in the blood?

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Dr. Claude Parola answered

Low calcium: Not enough intake from food, problems with the parathyroid gland, vitamin d deficiency, not enough or too much magnesium etc...

Dr Larsh agreed

Answered 7/21/2014

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