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Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology 1/2012

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Dietary intake of vitamin D during adolescence and risk of adult onset systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

Authors: Linda T Hiraki, Karen H Costenbader, Kassandra L Munger, Elizabeth W Karlson

Published in: Pediatric Rheumatology | Special Issue 1/2012

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Early life exposures have been implicated in the etiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Vitamin D has immunomodulatory effects with implications as an etiologic and therapeutic factor in several autoimmune diseases including SLE and RA. There are no studies on vitamin D intake during adolescence and the risk of adult onset SLE and RA. …
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Title
Dietary intake of vitamin D during adolescence and risk of adult onset systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis
Authors
Linda T Hiraki
Karen H Costenbader
Kassandra L Munger
Elizabeth W Karlson
Publication date
01-07-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Pediatric Rheumatology / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1546-0096
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1546-0096-10-S1-A30

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