title: [An uncommon cause of hypocalcemic convulsion: congenital rickets. Case report].
abstract: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets are major health problems in developing countries. Congenital rickets is a rare form of rickets. Maternal vitamin D deficiency is the most important risk factor for vitamin D deficiency and rickets in newborns and early infancy. In this report, we presented a two-month old infant with seizures while hospitalized for pulmonary infection. Finally, congenital rickets due to maternal vitamin D deficiency was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Maternity and Children's Hospital, Siirt, Turquía.
authors.forename: Duran
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karabel
authors.forename: Musemma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karabel
authors.forename: Ayse Esra
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Tugba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tas
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karayel
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency