What is the ideal dose of vitamin D supplementation for term neonates?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-389

  Onwuneme, Chike ^a,b,d   Carroll, Aoife ^b   McCarthy, Roberta ^a   Kilbane, Mark ^c   McKenna, Malachi ^c   Murphy, Nuala ^b   Molloy, Eleanor J ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; CREATININE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

AGITATION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BONE METABOLISM; BREAST FEEDING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NEWBORN CARE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RICKETS; SIDE EFFECT; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; CHILD CARE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; REVIEW;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84859151292     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301764     Document Type: Note

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