Self-prescribed high-dose vitamin D3: Effects on biochemical parameters in two men

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-110

  Kimball, Samantha ^a,b   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; CANNABIS; COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DONEPEZIL; MECOBALAMIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DEMENTIA; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; TIME;

ADULT; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHOLECALCIFEROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41649104939     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2007.007074     Document Type: Article

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