Treatment of vitamin D deficiency: Divergence between clinical practice and expert advice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1039, 2012, Pages 255-260

  Findlay, Mark ^a   Anderson, Julia ^a   Roberts, Susan ^a   Almond, Alison ^a   Isles, Chris ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALFACALCIDOL; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DATA COLLECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; METABOLIC PHENOMENA; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84862807132     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2011-130243     Document Type: Article

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