PubMed · 2265216
Human neonatal hypocalcemia.
Abstract
Hypocalcemia is commonly observed in the neonatal period and is usually transient from a few days to a few weeks. On only rare occasions is neonatal hypocalcemia permanent and secondary to congenital hypoparathyroidism caused by either isolated absence of parathyroid glands or in association with other malformations. Most cases of neonatal hypocalcemia fall into one of two clinical categories. Namely early neonatal hypocalcemia occurs in 24-48 h of life and it is usually observed in premature infants or infants of diabetic mothers. Late neonatal hypocalcemia is observed at the end of the first week of life. In addition of these two major categories, neonatal hypocalcemia may occur in association with hypomagnesemia.
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B L Salle, E Delvin, F Glorieux, L David. 1990. Human neonatal hypocalcemia.. https://doi.org/10.1159/000243297
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