Nutritional rickets: Correlation between clinical, biochemical and radiological profile

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 603-607

  Ahmed, Imran Rasheed ^a   Ejaz, Muzamil Shabana ^a   Mehnaz, Aisha ^a   Shaikh, Farman Ali ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b Kutyana Memon Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Biochemical; Clinical; Correlation; Nutritional Rickets; Profile; Radiological

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL RICKETS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SEX RATIO; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960136299     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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