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-monthold infant with seizures while hospitalized for pulmonary infection. Finally, congenital rickets due to maternal vitamin D deficiency was diagnosed.
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Karabel, D. (2012). Una causa infrecuente de convulsión hipocalcémica: raquitismo congénito. Caso clínico. Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria, 110(6), e123–e125. https://doi.org/10.5546/aap.2012.e123
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