Metabolic Bone Disease in Alcoholic Cirr
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Sohrab A. Mobarhan; Robert M. Russell; Robert R. Recker; David B. Posner; Frank
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Article
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1984
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In a study of 56 alcoholics with liver cirrhosis, 18 (32%) had decreased bone density and low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OH-D) (<20 ng per ml). To compare the efficacy of vitamin Da and 25-OH-D treatment in correcting the metabolic bone disease in alcoholic cirrhosis, the 18 patients we