Hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis in a breast-fed term newborn: A rare presentation

Although hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria are known to occur in breast-fed pre-term infants, to the best of our knowledge, it has never been reported in a term baby previously. We report a term male baby who was followed-up during pregnancy for having bright kidneys, but a follow-up renal ultrasound...

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Main Authors: Issa A Hazza, Manahil S Ghandour, Reham I Almardini, Rana E Haddad, Ghazi M Salaita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2014;volume=25;issue=4;spage=849;epage=853;aulast=Hazza