Unrecognised severe vitamin D deficiency

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7657, 2008, Pages 1371-1374

  Sievenpiper, John L ^a   McIntyre, Elizabeth A ^a   Verrill, Mark ^a   Quinton, Richard ^a   Pearce, Simon H S ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ANASTROZOLE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CLODRONIC ACID; COLECALCIFEROL; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 46249100995     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39555.820394.BE     Document Type: Article

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