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Nutritional osteomalacia responds well to administration of 10,000 [[International Unit|IU]] weekly of vitamin D for four to six weeks. Osteomalacia due to malabsorption may require treatment by injection or daily oral dosing<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eisman |first1=John A. |title=6 Osteomalacia |journal=Baillière's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=2 |pages=125–55 |year=1988 |doi=10.1016/S0950-351X(88)80011-9}}</ref> of significant amounts of vitamin D. | Nutritional osteomalacia responds well to administration of 10,000 [[International Unit|IU]] weekly of vitamin D for four to six weeks. Osteomalacia due to malabsorption may require treatment by injection or daily oral dosing<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eisman |first1=John A. |title=6 Osteomalacia |journal=Baillière's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism |volume=2 |pages=125–55 |year=1988 |doi=10.1016/S0950-351X(88)80011-9}}</ref> of significant amounts of vitamin D. | ||
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Overview
Medical Therapy
Nutritional osteomalacia responds well to administration of 10,000 IU weekly of vitamin D for four to six weeks. Osteomalacia due to malabsorption may require treatment by injection or daily oral dosing[1] of significant amounts of vitamin D.
References
- ↑ Eisman, John A. (1988). "6 Osteomalacia". Baillière's Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2: 125–55. doi:10.1016/S0950-351X(88)80011-9.