Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to nutritional rickets

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-230

  Amirlak, Iradj ^a   Al Dhaheri, W ^b   Narchi, H ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FUROSEMIDE; VITAMIN D;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHEST INFECTION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RICKETS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 54349087564     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532808X335688     Document Type: Article

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