Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breastfed infants
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Hypocalcemia due to vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breastfed infants.
This report is based on observations during the conduct of a study of hypocalcemia in infants and children. In a study of 50 cases, 13 exclusively breast fed infants manifesting with hypocalcemic seizures were confirmed to have vitamin D deficiency. None of the 13 infants had received vitamin D supplementation. All of them had biochemical evidence of hyperparathyroidism and low levels of 25 (OH...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2349-3291,2349-3283
DOI: 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20190072