Maintenance vitamin D3 dosage requirements in Chinese women with post menopausal osteoporosis living in the tropics

Background and Objectives: Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) dose required to maintain sufficiency in non- Caucasian women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) inthe tropics has not been well studied. Some guidelines mandate 800-1000 IU vitamin D/day but the Endocrine Society (US) advocates 1500-2000 I...

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Main Authors:	Venugopal, Yogeswari, Hatta, Sharifah Sharifah Faradila Wan Muhamad, Musa, Nurbazlin, Rahman, Siti Abdul, Ratnasingam, Jeyakantha, Paramasivam, Sharmila Sunita, Lim, Lee Ling, Ibrahim, Luqman, Choong, Karen, Tan, Alexander Tong Boon, Chinna, Karuthan, Chan, Siew Pheng, Vethakkan, Shireene Ratna
Format:	Article
Published:	HEC Press 2017
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/22847/ https://doi.org/10.6133/apjcn.042016.10
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