Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
COMPARISON OF VITAMIN D REPLACEMENT STRATEGIES WITH HIGH-DOSE INTRAMUSCULAR OR ORAL CHOLECALCIFEROL: A PROSPECTIVE INTERVENTION STUDY.
To ascertain the frequency of correction of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) with single or multiple doses of oral (p.o.) and intramuscular (i.m.) administration of 2 high-dose preparations of vitamin D3 (VD3). ⋯ Two months after the intervention, VDD was corrected in more than 70% of participants with a single dose of either 600,000 or 200,000 IU given p.o. or i.m.