• Emerg Med J · Nov 2007

    Case Reports

    Hypocalcaemic fit in an adolescent boy with undiagnosed rickets.

    • I Seerat and M Greenberg.
    • Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK. iseerat@hotmail.com
    • Emerg Med J. 2007 Nov 1; 24 (11): 778-9.

    AbstractRickets in early childhood has been well documented in the literature. We present a case report on a teenage Somalian boy who had a generalised tonic clonic fit (an unusual presentation of rickets in late childhood) and was diagnosed with vitamin D deficient rickets.

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