Seasonal variation in vitamin d levels in psoriatic arthritis patients from different latitudes and its association with clinical outcomes

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1440-1447

  Touma, Zahi ^a   Eder, Lihi ^a   Zisman, Devy ^b   Feld, Joy ^b   Chandran, Vinod ^a   Rosen, Cheryl F ^a   Shen, Hua ^c   Cook, Richard J ^c   Gladman, Dafna D ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255209570     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20530     Document Type: Article

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