Vitamin D deficiency: A forgotten treatable cause of motor delay and proximal myopathy

Brain and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-87

  Fluss, Joel ^a   Kern, Ilse ^a   de Coulon, Geraldo ^a   Gonzalez, Elsa ^a   Chehade, Hassib ^a  

^a Geneva Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Myopathy; Proximal weakness; Rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

MYOPATHY; PROXIMAL WEAKNESS; RICKETS; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DISEASES; RICKETS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84890874013     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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