Malignant infantile osteopetrosis: a rare cause of neonatal hypocalcemia.
Malignant infantile osteopetrosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by presentation in the first few months of life with manifestations relating to an underlying defect in osteoclastic bone resorption. This report describes a 10 day-old boy in whom neonatal hypocalcemia was present and whose brother had died with the diagnosis of osteopetrosis.
Kurt
Abdullah
A
Department of Pediatrics, Firat University, Faculty of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey.
Sen
Yasar
Y
Elkiran
Ozlem
O
Akarsu
Saadet
S
Kurt
A Nese Citak
AN
Aygun
A Denizmen
AD
D002125:Calcium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D002125:Calcium Gluconate