The efficacy and safety of calcitriol and/or Caltrate D in elderly Chinese women with low bone mass

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Xia, Wei Bo ^a   Zhang, Zhong Lan ^b   Wang, Hong Fu ^c   Meng, Xun Wu ^a   Zhang, Ying ^b   Zhu, Guo Ying ^c   Xing, Xiao Ping ^a   Liu, Jian Li ^b   Wang, Li Hua ^c   Jiang, Yan ^a   Weng, Shi Fang ^c   Xu, Tao ^d   Hu, Ying Ying ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Tian, Jun Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Calcitriol; Elderly Chinese women; Osteoporosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE PLUS VITAMIN D; CALTRATE D; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; PLACEBO;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GREATER TROCHANTER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPEN STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; ASIAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; VERTEBRA;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLACEBOS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 64849105258     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2009.12     Document Type: Article

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