Vitamin D, in general, is a secosteroid generated in the skin when 7-dehydrocholesterol located there interacts with ultraviolet irradiation - like that commonly found in sunlight . Both the endogenous form of vitamin D (that results from 7-dehydrocholesterol transformation), vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), and the plant-derived form, vitamin D2 (ergocalcifero...
Cholecalciferol use is indicated for the treatment of specific medical conditions like refractory rickets (or vitamin D resistant rickets), hypoparathyroidism, and familial hypophosphatemia .
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University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States
Medical University of Vienna, Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Vienna, Austria
Washington Universiy, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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