Case of Hypercalcemia Secondary to Hypervitaminosis A in a 6-Year-Old Boy with Autism
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Case of Hypercalcemia Secondary to Hypervitaminosis A in a 6-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Vitamin A intoxication secondary to over-the-counter nutritional supplements and from its use in acne treatment has been described. However, there have been very few case reports of chronic hypervitaminosis A leading to hypercalcemia in the pediatric population. This paper describes a boy with hypercalcemia secondary to chronic vitamin A intoxication in the context of vitamin A usage for therap...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Endocrinology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-6501,2090-651X
DOI: 10.1155/2011/424712