The development of arthritis and antinuclear antibodies correlate with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in patients with leprosy

Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Dec;71(12):2062-3. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201485. Epub 2012 Jun 23.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / blood*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / epidemiology
  • Arthritis, Infectious / immunology*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Brazil
  • Endemic Diseases / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Leprosy / blood
  • Leprosy / epidemiology
  • Leprosy / immunology*
  • Vitamin D / analogs & derivatives*
  • Vitamin D / blood

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Vitamin D
  • 25-hydroxyvitamin D