A high prevalence of metabolic bone disease in exclusively breastfed very low birthweight infants in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-344

  Msomekela, Martin ^a   Manji, Karim ^a   Mbise, Roger L ^a   Kazema, R ^b   Makwaya, C ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST MILK; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREMATURITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RICKETS; TANZANIA; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BREAST FEEDING; CARPAL BONES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032849372     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724939992176     Document Type: Article

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