Manifestations of severe vitamin D deficiency in adolescents: Effects of intramuscular injection of a megadose of cholecalciferol

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-306

  Soliman, Ashraf T ^a   Adel, Ashraf ^a   Wagdy, Magda ^a   Alali, Maryam ^a   Aziz bedair, Elsaid M ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Radiology; Vitamin D Deficiency (VDD)

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARPOPEDAL SPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE SPASM; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; TIC; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARTHRALGIA; BACK PAIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM; CHOLECALCIFEROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WALKING; WRIST;

EID: 79961062066     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq028     Document Type: Article

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