Postnatal evaluation of vitamin D and bone health in women who were vitamin D-deficient in pregnancy, and in their infants

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 486-488

  Thompson, Katherine ^a   Morley, Ruth ^b   Grover, Sonia R ^c   Zacharin, Margaret R ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL AUDIT; OSSIFICATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 8844263071     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06405.x     Document Type: Article

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