Treatment of vitamin D deficiency with UV light in patients with malabsorption syndromes: A case series

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Chandra, Prakash ^a   Wolfenden, Linda L ^a,b   Ziegler, Thomas R ^a   Tian, Junqiang ^a   Luo, Menghua ^a   Stecenko, Arlene A ^b   Chen, Tai C ^c   Holick, Michael G ^c   Tangpricha, Vin ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Short bowel syndrome; Tanning; Ultraviolet radiation; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER;

ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 34548395038     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: 16000781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2007.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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