Oral calcium-loading test in rickets and in neonatal tetany: effect of vitamin D.
In an oral calcium-loading test performed on 10 infants with vitamin-D deficiency rickets and low fasting calcium levels, a comparison of results before and after therapy showed that vitamin D raised the serum calcium level at each stage of the test and altered the response so that a more rapid and substantial rise and fall in serum calcium occurred.The effects of vitamin D therapy on newborn infants with hypocalcaemic hyperphosphataemic tetany in another study suggests that these infants should be treated in this way to make them more responsive to oral calcium therapy.
D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D012279:Rickets / Q000378:metabolism*; D013746:Tetany / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
D010710:Phosphates; D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium