Lack of seasonal variations in urinary calcium/creatinine ratio in school-age children

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1153-1155

  Hilgenfeld, Michelle Stuart ^a   Simon, Stephen ^a   Blowey, Douglas ^a   Richmond, Wendy ^a   Alon, Uri S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

25 Hydroxyvitamin D; Hypercalciuria; Season; Urinary calcium creatinine ratio

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; URINALYSIS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEASONS;

EID: 4844220816     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-004-1568-z     Document Type: Article

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