Failure of alphacalcidol (1α-hydroxyvitamin D3) in treating nutritional rickets and the biochemical response to ergocalciferol

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 273-276

  Rajah, Jaishen ^a   Abdel Wareth, Laila ^a   Haq, Afrozul ^a  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

1 Hydroxyvitamin D3; Alphacalcidol; Children; Ergocalciferol; Rickets; Stosstherapy

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALFACALCIDOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; 1-HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROL; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; HYDROXYCOLECALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL RICKETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INFANT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77954757587     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.03.075     Document Type: Article

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