Seizures as Initial Manifestation of Vitamin D-Deficiency Rickets in a 5-Month-Old Exclusively Breastfed Infant

• Main Authors: Elpis Mantadakis (Author), Savas Deftereos (Author), Emmanouela Tsouvala (Author), Stavros Thomaidis (Author), Athanassios Chatzimichael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Despite the fact that sunlight-dependent skin synthesis is the major mechanism for vitamin D synthesis in vivo, vitamin D-deficiency rickets continues to occur in exclusively breastfed infants in Greece. We present such a case in a 5-month-old infant who presented with afebrile seizures and whose mo...