PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - I Z Kovar
AU  - P D Mayne
AU  - J J James
AU  - I C Barnes
TI  - Oral administration of active vitamin D metabolites to low birthweight infants.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.61.8.795
DP  - 1986 Aug 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 795--797
VI  - 61
IP  - 8
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/8/795.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/8/795.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1986 Aug 01; 61
AB  - The active vitamin D metabolites 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (Rocaltrol) and the analogue 1 alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (One-Alpha) are adequately absorbed after oral administration in the preterm infant. The absorption pattern is similar to that seen in adults.