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 & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
UCLA department of Urology, Los Angeles, California, United States
Hematology Oncology Associates of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Gambro Healthcare - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Paul Light, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Tower Hematology Oncology Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, United States
Texas Oncology, P.A., Dallas, Texas, United States
Kaiser- Northern California, Vallejo, California, United States
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Columbai University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States
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