Incidence of hypocalcemic seizures due to vitamin D deficiency in children in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E91-E95

  Basatemur, Emre ^a   Sutcliffe, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PHOSPHATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; COMPLICATION; SEIZURES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84920591992     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-2773     Document Type: Article

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