Hypercalcemia in a newly arrived international adoptee

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1249-1250

  Chan, Wilma ^a   Sheehan, Stacey ^b   Miller, Laurie C ^a   Sadeghi Nejad, Abdollah ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Children's Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Failure to thrive; Hypercalcemia; International adoption; Vitamin D overdose

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BICARBONATE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; PLASMA PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CASE REPORT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CONSTIPATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INFANT; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MILK; ORPHANAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D INTOXICATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 37849189361     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2006.19.10.1249     Document Type: Article

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