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...
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Seoul National University Medical School, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Taixing People's Hospital, Taixing, Jiangsu, China
SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
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