Vitamin D level among patients with sickle cell anemia and its influence on bone mass

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 506-507

  Sadat Ali, Mir ^a   Al Elq, Abdulmohsen ^a   Al Turki, Haifa ^a   Sultan, Osama ^a   Al Ali, Amein ^a   Almulhim, Fatma ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956102006     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.22010     Document Type: Letter

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