Does vitamin D3 dosing schedule influence treatment efficacy in nursing home residents with vitamin D deficiency?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 656-657

  Holick, Michael F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Deficiency; Nursing home; Supplementation; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO;

BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM METABOLISM; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOMALACIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SHORT SURVEY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 56649085085     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0979     Document Type: Short Survey

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