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...
Department of Medicine, Bruderholz, Baselland, Switzerland
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 7118, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Site Reference ID/Investigator# 7114, Sao Paulo, Brazil
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Bio-Kinetic Clinical Applications, Inc., Springfield, Missouri, United States
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
VAMC, Decatur, Georgia, United States
Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
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