Aetiology and clinical profile of osteomalacia in adolescent girls in northern India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Rajeswari, J ^a   Balasubramanian, K ^a   Bhatia, V ^a   Sharma, V P ^b   Agarwal, A K ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM CARBONATE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OSTEOMALACIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; OSTEOMALACIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0041632139     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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