Radiological, biochemical, and hormonal changes in malnourished children with rachitic manifestations

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-37

  Soliman, Ashraf T ^a,b   Madina, Ekram H ^a   Morsi, Mohamed R ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM ION; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; SOMATOMEDIN C; VITAMIN D;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE TISSUE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG BONE; MALNUTRITION; METAPHYSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RICKETS;

BONE AND BONES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RICKETS;

EID: 0030042664     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.1.34     Document Type: Article

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