Reduced level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in chronic/relapsing Alopecia Areata
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Reduced level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in chronic/relapsing Alopecia Areata
Current observations link vitamin D deficiency to many autoimmune diseases. There are limited data on vitamin D in Alopecia Areata, an autoimmune disease which in our experience shows seasonality in most of its remitting-relapsing forms. Our results demonstrate the presence of insufficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OH-D) in many patients with various clinical forms, correlated with the expecte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermato-Endocrinology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1938-1980
DOI: 10.4161/derm.24411