Reduced level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in chronic/relapsing Alopecia Areata

Current observations link vitamin D deficiency to many autoimmune diseases. There are limited data on vitamin D in Alopecia Areata, an autoimmune disease which in our experience shows seasonality in most of its remitting-relapsing forms. Our results demonstrate the presence of insufficiency of 25-hy...

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Autores principales: d’Ovidio, Roberto, Vessio, Margherita, d’Ovidio, Francesco Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3772915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194967
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/derm.24411
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Sumario:Current observations link vitamin D deficiency to many autoimmune diseases. There are limited data on vitamin D in Alopecia Areata, an autoimmune disease which in our experience shows seasonality in most of its remitting-relapsing forms. Our results demonstrate the presence of insufficiency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OH-D) in many patients with various clinical forms, correlated with the expected increase of the values of Parathyroid Hormone (PTH). This could suggest the possible clinical use of vitamin D in the management of this frustrating disease.

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