Vitamin D deficiency and its risk factors in Malaysian children with epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1271-1279

  Fong, Choong Yi ^a   Kong, Ann Nie ^a   Poh, Bee Koon ^b   Mohamed, Ahmad Rithauddin ^c   Khoo, Teik Beng ^c   Ng, Rui Lun ^a,d   Noordin, Mazidah ^a   Nadarajaw, Thiyagar ^d   Ong, Lai Choo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^d HOSPITAL SULTANAH BAHIYAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Antiepileptic drug; Bone health; Nutrition; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BONE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUN EXPOSURE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84985028239     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13443     Document Type: Article

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