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A New Look at the Most Successful Prodrugs for Active Vitamin D (D Hormone): Alfacalcidol and Doxercalciferol

Alfacalcidol (1α-hydroxyvitamin D(3)) has been widely used since 1981 as a prodrug for calcitriol (1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3)) in the treatment of hypocalcemia, chronic renal failure, hypoparathyroidism and osteoporosis. More recently, doxercalciferol (1α-hydroxyvitamin D(2)) has been used since 19...

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Autor principal: Kubodera, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19924035
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14103869