title: Vitamin D deficiency and osteoporosis: the role of vitamin D deficiency and treatment with vitamin D and analogues in the prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lips
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010280:Parathyroid Glands / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D014807:Vitamin D; D002117:Calcitriol; C008088:alfacalcidol