Pamidronate treatment in patient developed hypercalcemia due to hypervitaminosis D
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Hypercalcemia due to hypervitaminosis D: report of seven patients.
We retrospectively studied seven children (six girls, one boy) aged from 7.5 to 25 months who presented to our institution after taking large doses of vitamin D (900 000-4 000 000 U) prescribed by medical practitioners for wrong indications like failure to thrive, etc. The clinical manifestations were constipation, decreased appetite, lethargy, polyuria, dehydration and failure to thrive. All p...
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عنوان ژورنال: SiSli Etfal Hastanesi Tip Bulteni / The Medical Bulletin of Sisli Hospital
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1302-7123,1308-5123
DOI: 10.5350/semb.20140715062539