Congenital rickets presenting with hypocalcaemic seizures
West Indian med. j
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56(4): 364-367, Sept. 2007.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
At Ataturk University Hospital, eight infants who presented with hypocalcaemic seizures were subsequently found to have rickets. Their mothers had osteomalacia. Neither mothers nor infants received vitamin D supplementation. Maternal vitamin D deficiency and non-supplementation in the infants were causes of rickets in these patients. It is recommended that neonatal hypocalcaemia may be due to maternal vitamin D deficiency and all unsupplemented vitamin D infants presenting with seizures should be investigated for rickets.
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Main subject:
Rickets
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Seizures
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Hypocalcemia
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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