Serum concentrations of 25-OH vitamin D in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are inversely related to disease activity: Is it time to routinely supplement patients with SLE with vitamin D?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1155-1157

  Amital, H ^a   Szekanecz, Z ^b   Szucs G ^b   Danko K ^b   Nagy, E ^b   Csepany T ^b   Kiss, E ^c   Rovensky, J ^d   Tuchynova, A ^d   Kozakova, D ^d   Doria, A ^e   Corocher, N ^f   Agmon Levin, N ^g   Barak, V ^h   Orbach, H ^i,j   Zandman Goddard, G ^i,j   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^g  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f Diasorin SpA   (Italy)

^g SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

ⁱ Wolfson Medical Centre   (Israel)

^j TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CORTICOSTEROID; DNA ANTIBODY; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953716994     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.120329     Document Type: Article

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