Regional differences of vitamin D deficiency in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Italy

• Main Authors: M. Rossini (Author), G. D'Avola (Author), M. Muratore (Author), N. Malavolta (Author), F. Silveri (Author), G. Bianchi (Author), B. Frediani (Author), G. Minisola (Author), M. L. Sorgi (Author), M. Varenna (Author), R. Foti (Author), G. Tartarelli (Author), G. Orsolini (Author), S. Adami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2013-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Vitamin D deficiency is very common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among the different Italian regions and whether these variations are associated with different severity of the disease. The study includes 581 cons...