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A REPORT OF TWENTY CASES, WITH A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

ELEANOR MARPLES, B.A.; ENID CRUMP, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1930;39(3):536-543.

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Infantile tetany has been recognized as a clinical entity for many years, but Howland and Marriott¹ in 1918 were the first to describe its characteristic blood chemistry. They showed that the calcium content of the serum was greatly reduced in the active stages of tetany. Kramer, Tisdall and Howland² found that electrical reactions typical of tetany (the cathodal opening contraction less than 5 milliamperes and the anodal opening contraction less than the anodal closing contraction) were present when the calcium content of the serum was less than 7.5 mg. per hundred cubic centimeters. Little attention has been paid to the inorganic phosphorus content of the serum in tetany, as that has generally been reported to be at or slightly below the normal level. Thus in 1921 Kramer, Tisdall and Howland² reported normal values in seven cases of infantile tetany. Hess³ and his co-workers in 1923 determined . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College and the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Aug. 8, 1929.

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