Vitamin D-deficiency rickets in two breast-fed infants who were not receiving vitamin D supplementation.
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Congenital Rickets: Report of Four Cases
Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets continue to be health problems in developing countries and most of the infants with congenital rickets may present with hypocalcemic seizure. Case Report: In this article, the report on four infants who presented with hypocalcemic seizures but subsequently were found to have congenital rickets is presented. All of them had hypocalcaemia and low l...
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Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets continue to be health problems in developing countries and most of the infants with congenital rickets may present with hypocalcemic seizure. Case Report In this article, the report on four infants who presented with hypocalcemic seizures but subsequently were found to have congenital rickets is presented. All of them had hypocalcaemia and low le...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical pediatrics
دوره 16 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977