Incidental finding of vitamin-D deficient rickets in an otherwise healthy infant - A reappraisal of current vitamin-D supplementation guidelines

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1170-1173

  Alouf, Benjamin ^a,b   Grigalonis, Meg ^a,b,c  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Congenital rickets; Vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D supplementation

Indexed keywords

ERGOCALCIFEROL; POLY VISOL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MILK; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN COLOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D RESISTANT RICKETS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION POLICY; PENNSYLVANIA; RICKETS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 23244438905     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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