October 1990 in “Pediatric Research” This case report details a severe instance of VDR-II where intravenous calcium infusions, administered nightly, successfully improved clinical, radiological, and biochemical signs of rickets without alopecia despite ineffective calcitriol therapy.
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November 2009 in “Calcified tissue international” A genetic mutation caused severe rickets and alopecia in an Indian patient, but high-dose calcium and phosphate treatment improved their condition.
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August 1993 in “Clinical endocrinology” This study found that intravenous high dose calcium infusions followed by high dose oral calcium effectively treated vitamin D dependent rickets type II, leading to complete biochemical and radiological healing and improved growth in two patients.
January 2012 in “Chinese Clinical Oncology” This study found that for metastatic colorectal cancer patients, substituting calcium folinate with disodium folinate in combination with fluorouracil and oxaliplatin showed similar effectiveness and safety as the mFOLFOX6 regimen.
This study found that holding abatacept infusions for four weeks or longer before elective hip or knee arthroplasty did not reduce the risk of post-operative infections or readmissions.