Vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis - Towards clinical application

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 201-210

  Jeffery, Louisa E ^a   Raza, Karim ^a   Hewison, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALFACALCIDOL; CALCITRIOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HELPER CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CELL AGING; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL AGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84943616893     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2015.140     Document Type: Review

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