Vitamin D deficiency rickets in infants presenting with hypocalcaemic convulsions

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-204

  Cesur, Y ^a   Yuca, S A ^a   Kaya, A ^a   Yilmaz, C ^a   Bay, A ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Deficiency; Hypocalcamic convulsion; Infancy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM LACTATE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIC CONVULSION; INFANT; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; SEIZURES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84898680119     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2012.269     Document Type: Article

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