Frequency of nutritional rickets in children admitted with severe pneumonia

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 729-732

  Haider, Nighat ^a   Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar ^a   Khan, Khalid Mehmood A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SEX RATIO; SUN EXPOSURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHORUS; PNEUMONIA; RICKETS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77956194644     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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