A Controlled Study of Vitamin D3 to Prevent Bone Loss in Renal-Transplant Patients Receiving Low Doses of Steroids

Abstract

Kidney-transplant recipients receiving modern immunosuppressive regimens with low doses of corticosteroids experience only minimal loss of BMD during the first posttransplant year. Cholecalciferol supplementation did not prevent posttransplant bone loss but contributed to the normalization of iPTH levels after renal transplantation.