High prevalence of genu varum/valgum in European children with low vitamin D status and insufficient dairy products/calcium intakes

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 811-817

  Voloc, A ^a   Esterle, L ^b,c,d   Nguyen, T M ^d   Walrant Debray, O ^d   Colofitchi, A ^e   Jehan, F ^d   Garabedian, M ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY NICOLAE TESTEMITANU   (Moldova)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c Reference Center for Rare Diseases of Calcium and Phosphorus Metabolisms   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Natl Ctr for Child Abuse Prev   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE PAIN; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CEREAL; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DIETARY INTAKE; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIC SEIZURE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MEAT; MILK; MIXED INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SEIZURE; SPRING; TRICHURIS; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENU VARUM; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77957834332     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-10-0434     Document Type: Article

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