Vitamin D status in patients with bullous pemphigoid

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 873-874

  Tukaj, S ^a   Schmidt, E ^a   Recke, A ^a   Ludwig, R J ^a   Zillikens, D ^a   Tukaj, C ^b   Kasperkiewicz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SKIN DEFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SPINAL FRACTURES; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84884213288     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12037     Document Type: Letter

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