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Abnormal vitamin D3 metabolism in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 1 Sept 1990
Müller K, Oxholm P, Sørensen O H, Thymann M, Høier-Madsen M, Bendtzen K
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have suggested that vitamin D3 may have an immunoregulatory role in vitro. The vitamin D3 metabolism in 35 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome was investigated by measuring blood concentrations of 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1 alpha,25-(OH)2D3) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OHD3), as well as phenotypes and blood concentrations of Gc globulin, the main vitamin D3 binding protein in the...
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