Vitamin D levels in Saudi children with type 1 diabetes

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 589-592

  Bin Abbas, Bassam S ^a   Jabari, Moslah A ^a   Issa, Sharifah D ^a   Al Fares, Abdullah H ^a   Al Muhsen, Saleh ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; VITAMIN D;

EID: 79959314164     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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