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ArticleCalcified tissue international1993

Combined treatment with calcitonin and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 for osteoporosis in women.

S A Eriksson, J U Lindgren

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Article in Calcified tissue international, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The efficacy of calcitriol therapy in the management of bone loss and fractures: a qualitative review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S A ErikssonKarolinska Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
J U Lindgren
Karolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Twenty-two middle-aged women with severe osteoporosis were treated for 2 years with either 0.5 mg of synthetic human calcitonin subcutaneously three times per week combined with 0.5 micrograms of calcitriol and 0.5 g of calcium per day orally or calcium only. The treatment with calcitonin plus calcitriol (12 patients) resulted in a significantly increased calcium absorption rate. The mean values for serum phosphate did not change during the treatment period and the mean values did not differ between the treatment groups, but the serum calcium and urinary Ca/Cr ratio increased somewhat in the group given the combined treatment. There was no evidence that the combined treatment improved the bone density in this study. It is possible that calcitriol, instead of increasing the effect of calcitonin by suppression of the parathyroid, might have counteracted its effect by increasing the bone resorption.

Indexed as

Absorptiometry, PhotonAdministration, OralAdultAgedBone DensityCalcitoninCalcitriolCalciumDrug SynergismDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansInjections, SubcutaneousLumbar VertebraeMiddle AgedOsteoporosisCalcitoninCalcitriolCalcium

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PMID8348381
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