A Case of Neonatal Hypocalcaemia Due to Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency

Neonatal hypocalcaemia (NH) is a commonly reported
metabolic abnormality in neonate. Ionized calcium is
vital for various metabolic pathways like blood
coagulation, neuronal depolarization, integrity of cell
membrane, enzyme catalysis etc. Major part of the
body calcium exists in bones and muscles (99%) and
the rest of the calcium is present in extracellular fluid
(1%).

 

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