Italian association of clinical endocrinologists (AME) and Italian chapter of the American association of clinical endocrinologists (AACE) position statement: Clinical management of vitamin D deficiency in adults

Nutrients

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Cesareo, Roberto ^a   Attanasio, Roberto ^b   Caputo, Marco ^c   Castello, Roberto ^d   Chiodini, Iacopo ^e,f   Falchetti, Alberto ^g,h   Guglielmi, Rinaldo ⁱ   Papini, Enrico ⁱ   Santonati, Assunta ^j   Scillitani, Alfredo ^k   Toscano, Vincenzo ^l   Triggiani, Vincenzo ^m   Vescini, Fabio ⁿ   Zini, Michele ^o  

^a SANTA MARIA GORETTI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Villa Salus   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g Centro Hercolani and Villa Alba (GVM)   (Italy)

^h Casa di Cura Villa dei Pini   (Italy)

ⁱ REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

ⁿ S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^o SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Bone; Calcifediol; Calcitriol; Cholecalciferol; Ergocalciferol; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FORTIFIED FOOD; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LIFESTYLE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALABSORPTION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CONSENSUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; CONSENSUS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85046335149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu10050546     Document Type: Article

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