Brain & development
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Brain & development · Jan 1991
Case ReportsHypocalcemic focal seizures in a one-month-old infant of a mother with a low circulating level of vitamin D.
We present a case of a one-month-old infant with hypocalcemia and rickets, with symptoms of focal seizures. The ictal EEG showed left occipital spikes spreading over all of the left hemisphere. ⋯ Hypocalcemia may be an important factor in the cause of focal seizures which start even after the age of one month. Further, investigation of maternal vitamin D levels should be done in infantile hypocalcemia.