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Retinol (vitamin A) and retinol-binding protein levels are decreased in ankylosing spondylitis: clinical and genetic analysis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Dec 2007
O'Shea Finbar D, Tsui Florence W L, Chiu Basil, Tsui Hing Wo, Yazdanpanah Mehrdad, Inman Robert D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Retinol (vitamin A) plays an important role in bone structure and function. Treatment with retinoids has been associated with bone abnormalities mimicking spondyloarthropathy and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. To determine whether retinol concentrations are altered in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), we examined serum retinol levels in patients with AS and healthy controls....
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