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Neonatal idiopathic primary hypoparathyroidism: A rare cause of neonatal seizures

Etiology of neonatal seizures (NNS) is diverse and hypocalcemia is one of the treatable causes. Neonatal hypocalcemia (NHC) due to congenital hypoparathyroidism, either permanent or transient, is extremely rare. Its biochemical abnormalities include hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and low levels of...

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Autores principales: Hussain, Shabbir, Sabir, Moin-ud-Din, Ali, Mubaral, Shah, Syed Awais-ul-Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Professional Medical Publications 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641299/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649030
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.315.7807
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Sumario:Etiology of neonatal seizures (NNS) is diverse and hypocalcemia is one of the treatable causes. Neonatal hypocalcemia (NHC) due to congenital hypoparathyroidism, either permanent or transient, is extremely rare. Its biochemical abnormalities include hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and low levels of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH). Isolated congenital hypoparathyroidism in which deficiency of PTH has no association with maternal, syndromic or endocrine defects is a very rare entity. We are reporting a case of a newborn who presented with seizures on the 5th day of life and later on investigations revealed hypocalcaemia due to isolated congenital hypoparathyroidism.