Evaluation of Vitamin D Status in Newly Diagnosed Pemphigus Vulgaris Patients.

• Main Authors: Mahnaz Zarei (Author), Mohammad Hassan Javanbakht (Author), Cheida Chams-Davatchi (Author), Maryam Daneshpazhooh (Author), Mohammad Reza Eshraghian (Author), Hoda DE-Rakhshanian (Author), Mahmoud Djalali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disorder of the skin or mucosa. Since low vitamin D status has been linked to many immune disorders, we designed this study to compare the vitamin D status in PV patients with healthy controls.In this case-control study, vitamin D status of 32 newl...