Vitamin D defficiency in rheumatology clinic practice in Qatar

Qatar Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-51

  Siam, A R ^a   Hammoudeh, Mohammed ^a   Khanjer, I ^a   Bener, A ^a   Sarakbi, H ^a   Mehdi, S ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLOTHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; QATAR; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN FUNCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

EID: 33748458827     PISSN: 02538253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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