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The bone pain had been present for weeks or months and was often attributed to arthritis. Biochemical investigations showed a low serum calcium and low or low-normal serum phosphate levels and a moderate to large increase in alkaline phosphatase above 15 KA units\/100 ml. Only six patients had radiological signs of osteomalacia but all had histological evidence on bone biopsy.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Five subjects died within 3 weeks of admission from pneumonia or myocardial infarction. In the other ten, relief of pain occurred within 2-4 weeks of starting vitamin D, and bone tenderness disappeared after 2-3 months. The earliest biochemical sign of recovery was the rise in serum phosphate. Calciferol 1\u00b725 mg daily (50,000 units of vitamin D) was given for 2-4 weeks or until there was a rise in the serum phosphate or calcium. One woman of 74 showed resistance to vitamin D associated with renal insufficiency.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Dietary history in seven patients revealed daily vitamin D intakes below 100 units. Four of the fifteen patients had a previous history of partial gastrectomy.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>In addition to routine biochemical and X-ray investigations in elderly patients with generalized bone pain, trephine biopsy of the bone is a useful procedure for the diagnosis of osteomalacia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/pgmj.46.533.131","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,12,29]],"date-time":"2008-12-29T20:27:15Z","timestamp":1230582435000},"page":"131-136","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Clinical features and detection of osteomalacia in the elderly"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"46","author":[{"given":"Arnold J","family":"Rosin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Consultant Physician, Guy\u2019s Hospital , Avonley Road, London, S.E.14"},{"name":"Geriatric Department, New Cross Hospital , Avonley Road, London, S.E.14"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1970,3,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"429","DOI":"10.1177\/003693306601101203","article-title":"Osteomalacia in elderly women","volume":"11","author":"ANDERSON, I.; CAMPBELL, A.E.R.; DUNN, A.; RUNCIMAN, J.B.M.","year":"1966","unstructured":"ANDERSON, I., CAMPBELL, A.E.R., DUNN, A. & RUNCIMAN, J.B.M. 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