Rickets presenting as seizures in the emergency department: Medico- cultural implications

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-216

  Jagdeo, D G ^a   Rambihar, V S ^b   Liu, P C ^b  

^a SCARBOROUGH HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Rickets; Seizures; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; RICKETS; SEIZURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0031827896     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199806000-00012     Document Type: Article

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