Hypocalcemia nutritional rickets: A curable cause of dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-128

  Verma, Sanjay ^a   Khadwal, Alka ^a   Chopra, Kapil ^a   Rohit, Manoj ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypocalcemia; Rickets

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; RICKETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 79953740492     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq044     Document Type: Article

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