Low levels of vitamin D in North Indian children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Borkar, Vibhor V ^a   Devidayal, Verma S ^a   Bhalla, A K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Type 1 diabetes; Vitamin D levels

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1;

CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77955244584     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2009.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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