Optimal Dose of Calcium for Treatment of Nutritional Rickets: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2024-2031

  Thacher, Tom D ^a   Smith, Lauren ^b   Fischer, Philip R ^a   Isichei, Christian O ^c   Cha, Stephen S ^d   Pettifor, John M ^e  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BONE; DXA; NUTRITION; PEDIATRIC

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; NAUSEA; NIGERIAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RICKETS; VENOUS BLOOD; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSE RESPONSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAPHYSES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84993958530     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2886     Document Type: Article

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