Was it inappropriate to give patients with osteoporosis calcitriol instead of vitamin D?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 575-576

  Vieth, Reinhold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

BONE DENSITY; DRUG INDICATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LETTER; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCITRIOL; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 40149085697     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01594.x     Document Type: Letter

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