The re-emerging burden of rickets: A decade of experience from Sydney

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 564-568

  Robinson, P D ^a   Hogler W ^b   Craig, M E ^a   Verge, C F ^c   Walker, J L ^c   Piper, A C ^d   Woodhead, H J ^c   Cowell, C T ^a   Ambler, G R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33745799224     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.069575     Document Type: Article

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