Effect of oral therapy with alphacalcidol or calcium in Korean elderly women with osteopenia and low dietary calcium

Nutrition Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1347-1355

  Son, Sook Mee ^a   Chun, Ye Na ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alphacalcidol; Calcium; Deoxypyridinoline; Elderly; iPTH; Osteocalcin; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035660154     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(01)00317-7     Document Type: Article

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