Rickets in children of rural origin in South Africa: Is low dietary calcium a factor?

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1978, Pages 320-324

  Pettifor, John M ^a,b   Ross, Paddy ^a,b   Wang, Jill ^a,b   Moodley, Gopal ^a,b   Couper Smith, Janet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OXALIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; BONE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; DIET; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SCHOOL CHILD; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLIC AMP; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LEG; PHOSPHORUS; RICKETS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; WRIST;

EID: 0017835632     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(78)80035-3     Document Type: Article

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