Calcitriol is an active metabolite of vitamin D with 3 hydroxyl (OH) groups and is commonly referred to as 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, or 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. It is produced in the body after series of conversion steps of 7-dehydrocholesterol from exposure to UV light. 7-dehydrocholesterol is converted to Vitamin D3 (vita...
Used to treat vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency, refractory rickets (vitamin D resistant rickets), familial hypophosphatemia and hypoparathyroidism, and in the management of hypocalcemia and renal osteodystrophy in patients with chronic renal failure undergoing dialysis. Also used in conjunction with calcium in the management and prevention of primary or...
Universitas Sebelas Maret Hospital, Sukoharjo, Central Java, Indonesia
Renji Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Hospital Santa Caterina/Parc Martí i Julià, Salt, Spain
Min sheng general hospital, Taoyuan city, Taiwan
CMHC, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Qilu hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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