Vitamin D deficiency in term newborn and efficacy of oral vitamin D supplement

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency has emerged as a significant public health problem throughout the world. Even in the Indian context, it has been reported to be present in majority of children in spite of wide availability of sunlight. The manifestations of deficiency are hypocalcaemia seizures of infants, rickets in infancy to tetany in older children. Treatment consists of vitamin D supplement…