Effective reduction in the serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and calcium concentration in sarcoidosis-associated hypercalcemia with short-course chloroquine therapy

Ann Intern Med. 1989 Sep 1;111(5):437-8. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-111-5-437.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcitriol / biosynthesis
  • Calcitriol / blood*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chloroquine / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Hypercalcemia / drug therapy*
  • Hypercalcemia / etiology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Alveoli / cytology
  • Sarcoidosis / blood
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Chloroquine
  • Calcitriol