Pearls & Oy-sters: Focal hypocalcemic seizures secondary to severe vitamin D deficiency/rickets

Neurology. 2020 Sep 22;95(12):e1764-e1765. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009837. Epub 2020 Jun 16.

Authors

Rita Monni¹, Francesca Beccaria², Flavio Boscaini², Benedetta Frassine², Giuseppe Capovilla²

Affiliations

¹ From the Neuropsychiatry Department (R.M., F. Beccaria, F. Boscaini, B.F., G.C.), ASST Mantova; and Fondazione Poliambulanza Brescia (G.C.), Italy. [email protected].
² From the Neuropsychiatry Department (R.M., F. Beccaria, F. Boscaini, B.F., G.C.), ASST Mantova; and Fondazione Poliambulanza Brescia (G.C.), Italy.

PMID: 32546651
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009837

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Calcium Gluconate / therapeutic use
Cholecalciferol / therapeutic use
Humans
Hypocalcemia / etiology*
Infant
Male
Rickets / complications*
Rickets / diagnosis*
Rickets / drug therapy
Seizures / etiology*

Substances

Cholecalciferol
Calcium Gluconate