A challenging case of hypocalcemia supporting the concept that 25-hydroxyvitamin D status is important for intestinal calcium absorption

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1842-1846

  Amrein, Karin ^a   Worm, Harald C ^a   Schilcher, Gernot ^a   Krisper, Peter ^a   Dobnig, Harald ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Institute UnivProfDrHDobnig   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; AMYLASE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACETATE; COLECALCIFEROL; DIURETIC AGENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICOTRAT;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; BYPASS SURGERY; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOCALCEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KYPHOSIS; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOMALACIA; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY FILM;

BONE AND BONES; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84861971799     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1296     Document Type: Article

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