Treatment with alfacalcidol in elderly people significantly decreases the high risk of falls associated with a low creatinine clearance of <65 ml/min

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-203

  Dukas, Laurent ^a   Schacht, Erich ^b   Mazor, Ze'ev ^c   Stähelin, Hannes B ^a  

^a Geriatrische Universitatsklinik   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alfacalcidol; Creatinine clearance; Elderly; Fallers; Falls

Indexed keywords

ALFACALCIDOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CREATININE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; MALE; PRODRUGS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13244277631     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-004-1671-9     Document Type: Article

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