Nineteen cases of symptomatic neonatal hypocalcemia secondary to vitamin D deficiency: A 2-year study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-110

  Toaima, Fathi Hassan ^a   Ansari, Khalid Al ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Hypocalcemia; Jitteriness; Newborn infants; Seizures; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QATAR; SYMPTOMATIC NEONATAL HYPOCALCEMIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREGNANCY; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77951629156     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp063     Document Type: Article

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