Cesur, Y.Yuca, S.A.Kaya, A.Yilmaz, C.Bay, A.2025-05-102025-05-1020130043-314410.7727/wimj.2012.2692-s2.0-84898680119https://doi.org/10.7727/wimj.2012.269https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/4819Aim: Hypocalcaemia evaluation of the clinical, biochemical and radiological features of 91 infants with rickets who presented as hypocalcaemic convulsions. Subjects andMethods: Ninety-one hypocalcaemic infants who were brought to hospital with convulsion and diag-nosed with rickets related to vitamin D deficiency according to their clinical, biochemical and radio-logical features were retrospectively reviewed. Results: Mean values of the laboratory data were as follows: calcium 5.55 ± 0.79 mg/dL, phosphorus 4.77 ± 1.66 mg/dL, alkaline phosphatase 1525.5 ± 925.4 U/L and parathormone 256.8 ± 158.3 pg/mL. Serum 25-OH vitamin D levels were below normal (< 20 ng/mL) in 37 infants. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency should be considered in infants presenting with hypocalcaemia. To avoid complications such as convulsions, clinicians should give vitamin D supplementation to such infants.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDeficiencyHypocalcamic ConvulsionInfancyVitamin DArticle623Q4Q42012042456404024564040WOS:000329085600008