Osteomalacia

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Urine Amino Acid Concentration

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Vitamin D [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help in preventing some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. Please note, this acts as a PREVENTATIVE treatment, and not necessarily symptomatic relief.

Recommendation: Strongly in favor (Vitamin D may help to prevent osteomalacia)

Grade of Evidence: high quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

 

 

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/vitamin-d

2. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochrane/clsysrev/articles/CD006164/frame.html

3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10824056

4. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcb.10338/abstract

5. http://pain-topics.org/pdf/vitamind-report.pdf

6. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1185/030079908X253519

7. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article756975.ece

8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17556697

9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18065602

10. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamind.html


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