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- noun biochemistry The active
metabolite 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol ofvitamin D3 that is involved in the absorption ofcalcium
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Examples
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Be sure to ask for 25 (OH) D blood test not 1, 25-dihydroxy-vitamin D (aka calcitriol).
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.: Is Your Child Vitamin D Deficient? 2010
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Either way, he said there are drugs that can lower them, including Fontus Pharmaceuticals Inc's Rocaltrol, also called calcitriol; Genzyme Corp's Hectorol
Find Me A Cure 2008
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Either way, he said there are drugs that can lower them, including Fontus Pharmaceuticals Inc's Rocaltrol, also called calcitriol; Genzyme Corp's Hectorol (doxercalciferol); Abbott Laboratories 'Zemplar (paricalcitol); and Amgen Inc's Sensipar (cinacalcet).
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Either way, he said there are drugs that can lower them, including Fontus Pharmaceuticals Inc's Rocaltrol, also called calcitriol;
The Times of India 2008
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Either way, he said there are drugs that can lower them, including Fontus Pharmaceuticals Inc's Rocaltrol, also called calcitriol; Genzyme Corp's Hectorol (doxercalciferol); Abbott Laboratories 'Zemplar (paricalcitol); and Amgen Inc's Sensipar (cinacalcet).
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Briefly, the liver and kidney help convert vitamin D to its active hormone form (calcitriol).
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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Vitamin D then undergoes hydroxylation to calcidiol (25-OHD3) in the liver and becomes the major circulating form, and then to calcitriol (vitamin D3 hormone; 1alpha 25 - (OH) 2D3) in the kidney. 1alpha, 25 - (OH) 2D3 is carried systemically to distal target organs where it binds to a vast array of nuclear receptors to generate its appropriate biological response.
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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In the U.S., there is a new formulation of a different vitamin D derivative calcitriol.
Psoriasis Guru » Blog Archive » Is Calcitriol a Better Psoriasis Treatment than Calcipotriol? 2009
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Demonstration of UV-B-induced synthesis of 1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (3) (calcitriol) in human skin by microdialysis.
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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A recent study reports for the first time a link between UV-B radiation exposure and calcitriol synthesis in human skin [97].
Potential impacts of direct mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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