Vitamin D or hormone D deficiency in autoimmune rheumatic diseases, including undifferentiated connective tissue disease

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Cutolo, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HELPER CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INCIDENCE; PSORIASIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TH1 CELL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 57849141180     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar2552     Document Type: Editorial

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