Calcium and cholecalciferol supplementation provides no added benefit to nutritional counseling to improve bone mineral density in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Robert J. Ferry; Laura D Carbone; Sue C. Kaste; Harriet Surprise; Melissa M. Hudson; A. Qi; James M. Boyett; Elizabeth A. Lovorn; S. A. Shurtleff; Mary V. Relling; Karen Smith; C H Pui; K.K. Ness
- Source
- Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 61:885-893
- Subject
- musculoskeletal diseases
Bone mineral
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Bone density
business.industry
chemistry.chemical_element
Hematology
Lumbar vertebrae
Calcium
musculoskeletal system
chemistry.chemical_compound
Endocrinology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
chemistry
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Internal medicine
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
medicine
Vitamin D and neurology
Medical nutrition therapy
Cholecalciferol
business
Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Language
- ISSN
- 1545-5009
Background We sought to improve lumbar spine bone mineral density (LS-BMD) in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) using calcium and cholecalciferol supplementation.