The effect of nutritional rickets on bone mineral density

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4174-4180

  Thacher, Tom D ^a   Fischer, Philip R ^b   Pettifor, John M ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

AGE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DENSITOMETRY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; NIGERIAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RICKETS; SUPPLEMENTATION; ULNA; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EPIPHYSIS; INFANT; NIGERIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; RADIUS; RICKETS; ULNA;

EID: 84910005309     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-2092     Document Type: Article

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