Serum Vitamin D level and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: Review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Lin, Jin ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Davies, Michael L ^b   Chen, Weiqian ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DAS28; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PUBLISHING;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; PUBLICATION BIAS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84954486283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146351     Document Type: Article

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