Nutritional vitamin D deficiency presenting as hemichorea

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-76

  Fernandez, Romeo ^a   Ashraf, Ambika ^b   Dure, Leon S ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemichorea; Hypoalbuminemia; Hypocalcemia; Protein losing enteropathy; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DIGOXIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MAGNESIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE; VITAMIN D;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SLURRED SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34249847883     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299956     Document Type: Article

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