Hypophosphataemia among severely-malnourished children: Case series

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 491-494

  Yoshimatsu, Shoji ^a,b   Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^c   Hossain, Md Iqbal ^c   Islam, Md Munirul ^c   Fukushima, Takashi ^b   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^a   Smith, Jonathan Harvey ^d   Sumazaki, Ryo ^b   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Electrolyte imbalance; Hypokalemia; Hypophosphataemia; Malnutrition; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS;

BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SEPSIS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873175397     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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