Treatable lower motor neuron disease due to vitamin D deficiency and secondary hyperparathyroidism

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-286

  Whitaker, Charles H ^a   Malchoff, Carl D ^a   Felice, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperparathyroidism; motor neuron disease; motor neuropathy; osteomalacia; vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; REVIEW; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034278970     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820050515115     Document Type: Article

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