Vitamin D toxicity: Caveat emptor

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1188-1190

  Leu, James P ^a   Weiner, Arthur ^a   Barzel, Uriel S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; FUROSEMIDE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITAMIN D;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; NOTE; POLYURIA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN D;

EID: 64049088471     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/EP.14.9.1188     Document Type: Note

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