Nutritional rickets in infants immigrating to Israel from Ethiopia

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-292

  Ginat Israeli, Talia ^a   Dranitzki, Zvi ^a   Straus, Uri ^a  

^a MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethiopian immigrants; Nutritional rickets; Sunlight; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMON COLD; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ISRAEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PALPATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RICKETS; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; RICKETS;

EID: 0037900009     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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