Publication: Pseudohypoparathyroidism as a Cause of Refractory Seizures
| creativeworkseries.issn | ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Singh, Gurmeet | |
| dc.contributor.author | Thapar, Karuna | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malhotra, Preeti | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-30T09:12:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-30T09:12:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | Gurmeet Singh MBBS, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Karuna Thapar MBBS, MD, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Preeti Malhotra MBBS, MD Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Pseudohypoparathyroidism is a genetic disorder that is similar to hypoparathyroidism, but which results from the body’s lack of response to parathyroid hormone rather than its decreased production. Serum level of immunoreactive Parathormone are elevated instead. We report a four month old infant in status epilepticus associated with hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia and raised parathyroid hormone level. Hypocalcemia was resistant to calcium therapy initially but responded to vitamin D analogue therapy leading to diagnosis of Pseudohypoparathyroidism. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i2.10602 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/5539 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS) | |
| dc.subject | Hypocalcemia | |
| dc.subject | Seizures | |
| dc.subject | Pseudohypoparathyroidism | |
| dc.title | Pseudohypoparathyroidism as a Cause of Refractory Seizures | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 167 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 166 | |
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