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Bone mineral content in growth hormone deficient children treated with growth hormone after withdrawal of 1 year of supplementation with calcium, vitamin D and zinc

Authors: Vaman Khadilkar, Veena Ekbote, Shashi Chiplonkar, Anuradha Khadilkar

Published in: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology | Special Issue 1/2015

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Supplementation with calcium (ca), vitamin d (vit D), zinc has been shown to have a positive effect on bone mineral content (BMC) gain in growth hormone deficient (GHD) children on GH therapy[1]. It is unknown if this gain is sustained after supplement withdrawal. We aimed to investigate the influence of prior supplementation with ca, vitD and zinc on BMC accretion after supplement withdrawal. …

Ekbote V, Khadilkar A, Chiplonkar S, Mughal Z, Khadilkar V: Enhanced effect of zinc and calcium supplementation on bone status in growth hormone-deficient children treated with growth hormone: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Endocrine. 2013, 43 (3): 686-95. 10.1007/s12020-012-9847-0.CrossRefPubMed

Title: Bone mineral content in growth hormone deficient children treated with growth hormone after withdrawal of 1 year of supplementation with calcium, vitamin D and zinc
Authors: Vaman Khadilkar
Veena Ekbote
Shashi Chiplonkar
Anuradha Khadilkar
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1687-9856
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-9856-2015-S1-P117

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