Endocrine Abstracts

A 37-year old woman developed grand-mal seizures shortly after having given vaginal birth at term. Three hours later, her newborn son also had a tonic-clonic seizure. Following the convulsions, maternal fractures of the humerus and the neck of femur were detected.The pregnancy had been uneventful except for hip pains for 4 weeks prior to delivery. For years, the patient had been ingesting 5 l of bottled water daily. Labour had set in spontaneously and sh...