Dosing error with over-the-counter vitamin d supplement: A risk for vitamin d toxicity in infants

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-85

  Rajakumar, Kumaravel ^a   Reis, Evelyn Cohen ^a   Holick, Michael F ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; D VI SOL; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG OVERDOSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84871598189     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922812439245     Document Type: Article

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