Radiological and biochemical resolution of nutritional rickets with calcium: Commentary

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 816-817

  Fischer, P R ^a   Oginni, L M ^b   Badru, O S ^b   Sharp, C A ^c   Davie, M W J ^c   Worsfold, M ^c   Risteli, J ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

BONE MATRIX; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; LIMB DEFORMITY; NIGERIA; NOTE; OSTEOBLAST; OSTEOCLAST; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RICKETS; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SUN EXPOSURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0042762815     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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