TY - JOUR
T1 - Vitamin D deficiency rickets in breast‐fed infants presenting with hypocalcaemic seizures
AU - Ahmed, I.
AU - Atiq, M.
AU - Iqbal, J.
AU - Khurshid, M.
AU - Whittaker, P.
PY - 1995/8
Y1 - 1995/8
N2 - At the Aga Khan Hospital (AKUH), 65 infants presented with hypocalcaemic seizures, subsequently found to have rickets. Forty‐six infants less than 6 months were totally or predominantly breast fed. In a subgroup of 15 mothers and their infants, we found very low plasma levels of 25(OH) vitamin D of < 5 /ig/1 and 7.53.3$uMg/l, respectively. Neither mothers nor infants received vitamin D supplementation. Maternal vitamin D deficiency and non‐supplementation in the infants were the likely causes of rickets in our patients. Prophylactic vitamin D 400 i.u. administered to infants up to 2 years and 800 i.u. to women in pregnancy and during lactation is recommended to prevent vitamin D deficiency.
AB - At the Aga Khan Hospital (AKUH), 65 infants presented with hypocalcaemic seizures, subsequently found to have rickets. Forty‐six infants less than 6 months were totally or predominantly breast fed. In a subgroup of 15 mothers and their infants, we found very low plasma levels of 25(OH) vitamin D of < 5 /ig/1 and 7.53.3$uMg/l, respectively. Neither mothers nor infants received vitamin D supplementation. Maternal vitamin D deficiency and non‐supplementation in the infants were the likely causes of rickets in our patients. Prophylactic vitamin D 400 i.u. administered to infants up to 2 years and 800 i.u. to women in pregnancy and during lactation is recommended to prevent vitamin D deficiency.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13798.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13798.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 7488823
AN - SCOPUS:0029082975
SN - 0803-5253
VL - 84
SP - 941
EP - 942
JO - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
JF - Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
IS - 8
ER -