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...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Dept. of endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Câncer - IBCC, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
West Coast Clinical Trials, Cypress, California, United States
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States
Renal Division, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah Haemodialysis Unit KM 6 Jalan Langgar, Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia
Clinical Research Centre, Penang Hospital, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
Nephrology Department, Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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