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Article: Severe vitamin D deficiency presenting as hypocalcaemic seizures in a black infant at 45.5 degrees south: a case report.(Case Report)(Case study)
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- May 29, 2008
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Authors: Katharine Wallis (corresponding author) [1]
Background
Vitamin D deficiency and rickets used to be commonplace however with the discovery that vitamin D was synthesised following sun exposure, and with vitamin D fortification of some common foods, were thought to have been eradicated. Unfortunately, however, vitamin D deficiency and rickets are again becoming a major global health issue [1].
While vitamin D deficiency in children usually presents as rickets, when severe such deficiency may result in hypocalcaemic seizures. Vitamin D deficiency prevents the efficient absorption of dietary calcium and phosphorus leading to an increased ...
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