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SUBMITTER: Armas LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3675848 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Armas Laura A G LA Zena Mohsen M Lund Richard R Heaney Robert P RP
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 20130214 6
<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Recent understanding of extrarenal production of calcitriol has led to the use of more vitamin D supplementation in CKD populations. This paper reports the effect of cholecalciferol supplementation on calcium absorption.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>Paired calcium absorption tests were done before and after 12-13 weeks of 20,000 IU weekly cholecalciferol supplementation in 30 participants with stage 5 CKD on hemodialysis. The study was co ...[more]