Case 46491

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Presentation of Case First admission. A three-month-old female infant was brought to the Emergency Ward because of "fits."Since the age of one and a half months she had had attacks characterized by clenching of the hands, tensing of the body and raising of the knees to the chin for one minute. Simultaneously, the color of the face changed from dark red to blackish gray, and subsequently there were periods of irritability and fatigue. These episodes occurred four times during the two days before entry. She did not take feedings well. Slight cyanosis had been present since the beginning of . . .