Pulmonary hypertension associated with scurvy and vitamin deficiencies in an autistic child

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Duvall, Melody G ^a   Pikman, Yana ^b   Kantor, David B ^a   Ariagno, Katelyn ^c   Summers, Lisa ^c   Sectish, Theodore C ^d   Mullen, Mary P ^e  

^a Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

^c Divisions of Gastroenterology and Nutrition   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pulmonary hypertension; Restrictive eating; Scurvy; Vitamin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ERGOCALCIFEROL; MULTIVITAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PYRIDOXINE DEFICIENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCURVY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; COMPLICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; SCURVY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84890585271     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3054     Document Type: Article

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