Nutritional rickets revisited

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 328-330

  Biswas, Akhil C ^a,b   Molla, M A Maleque ^a   Ljemba, J C ^a   Al Moslem, Khalid ^a  

^a Al Yamamah Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN D;

AGE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; SAUDI ARABIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141925767     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2003.328     Document Type: Article

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