Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2011 , Vol 54 , Num 2
Hypocalcemic seizure due to maternal vitamin D deficiency: how can it be prevented?
*Gül Yeşiltepe-Mutlu1, Elif Özsu1, Meral Oruç1, Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu2, Şükrü Hatun3
Kocaeli Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi 1Pediatri Uzmanı, 2Pediatri Doçenti, 3Pediatri Profesörü Yeşiltepe-Mutlu G, Özsu E, Oruç M, Çizmecioğlu FM, Hatun Ş. (Department of Pediatrics, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Koceali, Turkey). Hypocalcemic seizure due to maternal vitamin D deficiency: how can it be prevented? Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Dergisi 2011; 54: 79-82.

Vitamin D deficiency and rickets remain important for the evaluation of neonatal and infantile hypocalcemia; however, physicians sometimes experience difficulties in the differential diagnosis. Vitamin D deficiency can present with hypocalcemia and sometimes hyperphosphatemia due to the inadequate response of parathyroid hormone (PTH) to hypocalcemia during the neonatal period. Herein, a case who was admitted with seizure (hypocalcemic) at 8 days of age and diagnosed as congenital rickets is reported. Vitamin D deficiency should be considered primarily in the differential diagnosis of neonatal hypocalcemia, particularly in those areas where maternal vitamin D deficiency is common. Hypocalcemia due to congenital rickets can be prevented with adequate vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy. Anahtar Kelimeler : maternal D vitamini eksikliği, konjenital rikets, neonatal hipokalsemi, hiperfosfatemi.

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