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Una causa infrecuente de convulsión hipocalcémica: raquitismo congénito. Caso clínico
Author(s) -
Duran Karabel,
Müsemma Karabel,
Ayşe Esra Yılmaz,
Tuğba TAŞ,
Metin Karayel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2012.e123
Subject(s) - rickets , medicine , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , pediatrics , vitamin deficiency , vitamin
Vitamin D deficiency and rickets are major health problems in developing countries. Congenital rickets is a rare form of rickets. Maternal vitamin D deficiency is the most important risk factor for vitamin D deficiency and rickets in newborns and early infancy. In this report, we presented a two-month old infant with seizures while hospitalized for pulmonary infection. Finally, congenital rickets due to maternal vitamin D deficiency was diagnosed.

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