Hypovitaminosis D and severe hypocalcaemia: The rebirth of an old disease

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pedrosa, Cristina ^a   Ferraria, Nélia ^a   Limbert, Catarina ^a   Lopes, Lurdes ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DONA ESTEFÂNIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM GLUBIONATE; CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; COLECALCIFEROL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHOSPHATE; SPIRONOLACTONE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84879489559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007406     Document Type: Article

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