title: Congenital rickets presenting with hypocalcaemic seizures.
abstract: At Ataturk University Hospital, eight infants who presented with hypocalcaemic seizures were subsequently found to have rickets. Their mothers had osteomalacia. Neither mothers nor infants received vitamin D supplementation. Maternal vitamin D deficiency and non-supplementation in the infants were causes of rickets in these patients. It is recommended that neonatal hypocalcaemia may be due to maternal vitamin D deficiency and all unsupplemented vitamin D infants presenting with seizures should be investigated for rickets.
authors.affiliation: zerrinorbak@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Orbak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karacan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Doneray
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karakelleoglu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012279:Rickets / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency