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Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in 2 independent cohorts of patients with systemic sclerosis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Sept 2009
Vacca Alessandra, Cormier Catherine, Piras Martina, Mathieu Alessandro, Kahan Andre, Allanore Yannick
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate 25-OH vitamin D concentrations in 2 independent systemic sclerosis (SSc) populations from France and Italy. METHODS: We studied 156 consecutive SSc patients comparable for demographic characteristics: 90 from Northern France and 66 from Southern Italy. 25-OH vitamin D, intact parathyroid hormone, and serum total calcium and phosphorus were measured in all patients. Vitamin D...
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