The effect of vitamin D levels on the assessment of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 863-867

  Higgins, M J ^a,d   Mackie, S L ^c   Thalayasingam, N ^a   Bingham, S J ^b   Hamilton, J ^a   Kelly, C A ^a,d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Rheumatoid arthritis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84879229945     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2174-x     Document Type: Article

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