Nutritional rickets in children with cows' milk allergy: Calcium deficiency or vitamin D deficiency?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 553-

  Levy, Y ^a   Davidovits, M ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST FEEDING; CABBAGE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAT; MILK ALLERGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WEANING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; HUMANS; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATES; RICKETS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 26244451564     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00270.x     Document Type: Letter

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