title: Treatment of pseudohypoparathyroidism with 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3.
abstract: A maintenance dosis of 2 microgram/day of 1 alpha-OH-D3 could keep the level of serum calcium normal in all 5 cases with pseudohypoparathyroidism, in contrast with 4.0 +/- 1.26 microgram/day needed for the 11 cases with hypoparathyroidism (8 idiopathic and 3 postoperative). The conspicuous effect of 1 alpha-OH-D3 on pseudohypoparathyroidism is likely to be attributed to the fact that the unresponsiveness of bone tissue to parathyroid hormone is corrected by the action of active vitamin D.
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D011547:Pseudohypoparathyroidism / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D010710:Phosphates; D002118:Calcium; C008088:alfacalcidol