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Hassib Narchi, MD, FRCP, FRCPCH
From the Al-Hasa Specialty Services Division, Saudi Aramco-Al-Hasa Health Center, Saudi Aramco Medical Services Organization, Mubarraz, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2000;154:83-84.

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A 2-MONTH-OLD boy presented with a history of 6 episodes of generalized 5-minute tonicoclonic seizures. Previously, he was well. His birth weight was 2780 g, and Apgar scores were 9 and 10 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. On hospital admission, he weighed 3540 g with a head circumference of 37 cm. He was afebrile, hypotonic, drowsy, and pale. His blood pressure was 95/55 mm Hg; pulse rate, 100/min; and respirations, 30/min. The anterior fontanelle was soft, the pupils were equal and reactive to light, and no retinal hemorrhages were present at funduscopy. Findings from pulmonary and cardiac auscultation and abdominal examination were normal. Blood serum values from laboratory test results were as follows: glucose, 6.8 mmol/L (122 mg/dL); calcium, 0.78 mmol/L (3.1 mg/dL); phosphorus, 0.16 mmol/L; magnesium, 0.78 mmol/L (1.9 mg/dL); sodium, 143 mmol/L; potassium, 5.3 mmol/L; chloride, 113 mmol/L; and bicarbonate, 17 mmol/L. . . . [Full Text of this Article]