Supplementation of 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D3 in patients with treatment naive early rheumatoid arthritis: A randomised controlled trial

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-339

  Gopinath, Kiran ^a   Danda, Debashish ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D3; Early rheumatoid arthritis; Pain relief; Visual analogue scale; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE PLUS 1,25 DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; NAPROXEN; RANITIDINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SANDOCAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE 28; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 80054697845     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2011.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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