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Elevated 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with protracted treatment in sarcoidosis.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Apr 2010
Kavathia Dashant, Buckley John D, Rao Dhanwada, Rybicki Benjamin, Burke Robert
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BACKGROUND: Active vitamin D metabolite, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D, has pleomorphic effects on both innate and acquired immunity. Sarcoid granuloma derived 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D leads to hypercalcemia, but the association of 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D with the clinical phenotype of the disease is...
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