Efficacy of an oral, 10-day course of high-dose calciferol in correcting vitamin D deficiency

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1179, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Fiona ^a   Staykova, Toni ^a   Horne, Anne ^a   Clearwater, Judy ^a   Ames, Ruth ^a   Mason, Barbara ^a   Orr Walker, Brandon ^a   Gamble, Gregory ^a   Scott, Marilyn ^a   Reid, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TABLET FORMULATION; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0141974908     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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