Nutritional rickets in Almadinah Almunawwarah: Presentation and associated factors

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Elidrissy, Abdelwahab T H Elhassan ^a   Sandokji, Abdallah Mohmmed ^a   Al Magamsi, Mohmmed Saed Faleh ^b   Al Hawsawi, Zakaria Mohamed ^b   Al Hujaili, Abdelrahman Saud ^b   Babiker, Naji Hamoud ^b   Yousif, Ahmed Mohamed ^b  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Maternity and Child Health (MCH) Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

25OHD; Breastfeeding; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; COUGHING; DENTITION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; LEG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEATING; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VOMITING;

EID: 84873357269     PISSN: 16583612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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