Vitamin D deficiency rickets in Maternity and Children's Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-373

  Erfan, Adel A ^a   Nafie, Omar A ^a   Neyaz, Abdul Aziz H ^a   Hassanein, Mohammed A ^a  

^a Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0030828562     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.371     Document Type: Article

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