Severe Hypocalcemia and Resulting Seizure Caused by Vitamin D Deficiency in an Older Patient Receiving Phenytoin: Eldecalcitol and Maxacalcitol Ointment as Potential Therapeutic Options for Hypocalcemia

An 82-year-old man treated with phenytoin for the prevention of symptomatic epilepsy was hospitalized to treat consciousness disturbance, seizure, and hypocalcemia (serum calcium: 4.6 mg/dL). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level was very low (5.4 ng/mL), whereas serum calcitriol level was normal (27 pg/m...

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Autores principales: Aihara, Seishi, Yamada, Shunsuke, Kondo, Mika, Oka, Hideaki, Kamimura, Taro, Harada, Atsumi, Nakano, Toshiaki, Tsuruya, Kazuhiko, Kitazono, Takanari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815596/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31737385
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3653276

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