Nutritional rickets around the world: an update

Paediatrics and International Child Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 84-98

  Creo, Ana L ^a   Thacher, Tom D ^a   Pettifor, John M ^b   Strand, Mark A ^c   Fischer, Philip R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Children; Global health; Infants; Osteomalacia; Rickets; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

24,25 DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 23; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

AFRICA; ASIA; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RICKETS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY; HEALTH; MALNUTRITION; PATHOLOGY;

CALCIUM; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85016569142     PISSN: 20469047     EISSN: 20469055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20469047.2016.1248170     Document Type: Review

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