Vitamin D deficiency rickets in five "at-risk" children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 152-155

  D'Eufemia, Patrizia ^a   Parisi, Pasquale ^b   Celli, Mauro ^a   Finocchiaro, Roberto ^a   Roggini, Mario ^a   Raccio, Ivana ^a   Zambrano, Anna ^a   Villa, Maria Pia ^b  

^a Section of Pharmacology L Donatelli   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast feeding; hypocalcemia; rickets; supplements; vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PAIN; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RICKETS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY RICKETS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; RICKETS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84857224062     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2011.03408.x     Document Type: Article

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