Case 30-1978

Abstract

Presentation of Case First admission. A three-month-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of hypoglycemia.She was born of a full-term pregnancy to a 28-yearold mother with one previous child. No medications were taken during gestation, and a cesarean section was performed because of a breech presentation. The birth weight was 3.5 kg. The child initially did well except for "colic" that required frequent changes of formula. Yellow vegetables were introduced at the age of two months. During the week before entry she began to wake at 1 a.m. and cry until fed. Two days before admission she . . .