title: Pseudo-vitamin D deficiency rickets: report of a case.
abstract: A 19-month-old boy with repeated convulsions from the age of 7 months was found to have pseudo-vitamin D deficiency rickets. The convulsions were attributed to hypocalcaemia which is one of the main features of this type of rickets. High doses of vitamin D produced clinical, biochemical and radiographic cure.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D