Vitamin D and rheumatoid arthritis

Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency has been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, such as diabetes mellitus type 1 and multiple sclerosis. Reduced vitamin D intake has been linked to increased susceptibility to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and vitamin D deficiency has...

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Main Authors: Ifigenia Kostoglou-Athanassiou, Panagiotis Athanassiou, Aikaterini Lyraki, Ioannis Raftakis, Christodoulos Antoniadis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-12-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2042018812471070