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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P01-016 – Decreased vitamin D levels in FMF patients
Authors:
H Onur, H Aral, V Arıca, G Bercem, M Usta, Ö Kasapçopur
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients suffer from recurrent self-limited inflammatory febrile attacks, abdominal, chest or joint pain. It is still unknown what triggers or ends these periodical attacks. Vitamin D, in addition phospho-calcium metabolism, has immunomodulation effects as pleotropic hormone. Vitamin D status has been linked to the occurrence and severity of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. …