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...
Dermatology Department. Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", San Luis Potosi, Mexico
University of Colorado Denver Clinical Translational Research Center, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, United States
Ural Institute of Cardiology, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
De Haar Research Foundation, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
National Health Insurance Corporation Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of
CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 26748, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 26769, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 26749, Akron, Ohio, United States
Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy
Sandro Pertini Hospital, Rome, Italy
University Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
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