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Hypercalcemia in Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates

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Hypercalcemia is rare in neonates but may be associated with hypophosphatemia in Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) neonates who are on parenteral nutrition without adequate phosphate supplementation.

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To all the fellows and postgraduates working in the NICU.

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SRB, SR, SN, AR;involved in the management of the babies. SRB, SR; reviewed the manuscript. SN; guarantor for the paper.

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  1. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Koramangala, Bangalore 34, India

    Saudamini Vijay Nesargi, Swarna Rekha Bhat & Suman Rao P N

  2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Arpana Iyengar

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Nesargi, S.V., Bhat, S.R., Rao P N, S. et al. Hypercalcemia in Extremely Low Birth Weight Neonates. Indian J Pediatr 79, 124–126 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-011-0511-0

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