Winter lupus flares are associated with low vitamin D levels in a retrospective longitudinal study of Italian adult patients

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-158

  Dall'Ara, Francesca ^a,b   Andreoli, Laura ^a   Piva, Nicole ^a   Piantoni, Silvia ^a,b   Franceschini, Franco ^a   Tincani, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

25 OH vit.D; Calcidiol; Cholecalciferol; Flare; Seasonality; Supplementation; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TABLET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WINTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ITALY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TABLET; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TABLETS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929940112     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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