Calcium and vitamin D for osteoprotection in children with new-onset nephrotic syndrome treated with steroids: A prospective, randomized, controlled, interventional study

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1025-1032

  Choudhary, Surabhi ^a,b   Agarwal, Indira ^a   Seshadri, Mandalam S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Paediatric Nephrology Division Department of Child Health Christian Medical College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

BMC; BMD; Calcium; DXA; Glucocorticoids; Nephrotic syndrome; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; PHOSPHATE; PREDNISOLONE; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; CALCIUM INTAKE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OSTEOPROTECTION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT GAIN; BONE; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FRACTURES, BONE; INFANT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84901603458     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-013-2720-4     Document Type: Article

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