Assessment of nutritional rickets in Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-340

  Fida, Nadia M ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WRIST DISEASE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PHOSPHATES; RICKETS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0037517124     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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