Association between serum vitamin D metabolite levels and disease activity in patients with early inflammatory polyarthritis

Patel, Sanjeev; Farragher, Tracey; Berry, Jacqueline; Bunn, Diane; J. Silman, Alan; Symmons, Deborah

doi:10.1002/art.22722

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Association between serum vitamin D metabolite levels and disease activity in patients with early inflammatory polyarthritis

Published in Arthritis & Rheumatism • Jun 28, 2007

Authors:

Sanjeev Patel

Tracey Farragher

Jacqueline Berry

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Previous in vitro and animal studies have suggested that vitamin D, in particular, its metabolite 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), may have immunomodulatory effects. To study further the potential immunomodulatory effects of vitamin D in humans, we explored the hypothesis that serum vitamin...

Subject

Medicine

Vitamin D and neurology

Internal medicine

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