Hypocalcemic seizures and secondary bilateral femoral fractures in an adolescent with primary vitamin D deficiency

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2226-2230

  Schnadower, David ^a,b   Agarwal, Chhavi ^a   Oberfield, Sharon E ^a   Fennoy, Ilene ^a   Pusic, Martin ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fractures; Hypocalcemia; Rickets; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FERROUS SULFATE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; LORAZEPAM; MULTIVITAMIN; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOMALACIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RICKETS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; SEIZURES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33750952523     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1170     Document Type: Article

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