Vitamin D deficiency in veiled Kuwaiti women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 315-318

  El Sonbaty, Mohammed Riad ^a   Abdul Ghaffar, Naser Uama ^a,b  

^a ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Kuwait; Osteomalacia; Veiled women; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; UREA; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOMALACIA; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE PH; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMALACIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0029885950     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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