Rickets in Nigerian children: Response to calcium supplementation

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 202-207

  Thacher, Tom ^a   Glew, Robert H ^b   Isichei, Christian ^a   Lawson, Juliana O ^a   Scariano, John K ^b   Hollis, Bruce W ^c   VanderJagt, Dorothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALING; HUMAN; NIGERIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RICKETS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; HUMANS; INFANT; NIGERIA; RICKETS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032868624     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.4.202     Document Type: Article

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