Management of nutritional rickets in Indian children: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Aggarwal, Varun ^a   Seth, Anju ^a   Marwaha, Raman K ^b   Sharma, Bhavna ^b   Sonkar, Pitamber ^a   Singh, Satveer ^b   Aneja, Satinder ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium; Nutritional rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTATE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICKETS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATES; RICKETS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84875780203     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms058     Document Type: Article

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