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Hypocalcemic Convulsion in a Six-Year-Old Child with Vitamin D Deficiency
- Source :
- Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 206-208 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Galenos Yayinevi, 2014.
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Abstract
- Nutritional rickets occurs more commonly in breastfed infants with rapid growth and limited exposure to sunlight. Hypocalcemic convulsions secondary to vitamin D deficiency occur largely in patients with rapid growth rates, such as children younger than 1 year and adolescents. Vitamin D deficiency seems to be an unrecognized and prevalent problem in school childhood. Whereas infants generally exhibit bony deformities, most school-aged children are asymptomatic. In this case, we present hypocalcemic convulsion in a 6-year-old boy with nutritional vitamin D deficiency in order to emphasize that hypocalcemia secondary to vitamin D deficiency can lead to convulsion in other children, as well as infants and adolescents. (JAEM 2014; 13: 206-8)
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
vitamin D deficiency
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lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
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medicine.disease
Asymptomatic
Nutritional Rickets
Convulsion
medicine
school childhood
In patient
Hypocalcemic convulsion
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business
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21496048 and 21495807
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1aa900c185df40f8b467dd547c05e9b7