Background Vitamin D deficiency is a known morbidity among pregnant women. Maternal
hypovitaminosis D results in poor fetal transplacental vitamin D accretion and decreased …

Background Hypocalcemia accounts for a majority of seizures in infants reporting to the
emergency ward of our hospital. Objective To evaluate the role of Vitamin D deficiency in the …

Introduction: Neonatal hypocalcemia (NH) is a common metabolic complication in neonates,
more so in premature and high risk neonates. It is classified as early and late neonatal …

Vitamin D deficiency and rickets remain important for the evaluation of neonatal and infantile
hypocalcemia; however, physicians sometimes experience difficulties in the differential …

Materials and Methods: We studied the clinical, biochemical, and radiological manifestations
of 10 full-term (FT) newborns (6: M, 4: F) infant presented to with symptomatic hypocalcemia …

Neonatal crises have several etiologies. Hypovitaminosis D and hypocalcemia are the most
common cause of childhood seizures, but their frequency has been reduced due to vitamin …

Maternal vitamin D insufficiency is not unheard of. In India, the most common cause of
maternal deficiency in vitamin D and or calcium is due to the significant lack in the staple …

We present a case of a one-month-old infant with hypocalcemia and rickets, with symptoms
of focal seizures. The ictal EEG showed left occipital spikes spreading over all of the left …

Seizures during the neonatal period have a broad differential diagnosis. Unlike in
developing countries where hypovitaminosis D and hypocalcemia constitutes a major cause …

We described the case of a 2-month-old child was presented to the emergency department
with a generalized seizure, which started 40 days after birth. The laboratory examination …