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Vitamin D and cutaneous lupus erythematosus: effect of vitamin D replacement on disease severity.

Lupus

June 2014

CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain Centre for Public Health Research (CSISP), Spain.

Background: The main vitamin D source is exposure to ultraviolet radiation, which aggravates cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE).

Objectives: The aims of this study were to identify variables associated with lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels in CLE patients and assess the effect of vitamin D restoration on disease severity.

Methods: Vitamin D status in 60 CLE patients and 117 apparently healthy subjects was compared.

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Prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Latin American pregnant women and level of compliance of the Valencian Health Programme in the city of Alicante: a reply.

Epidemiol Infect

April 2014

Department of Health, General Directorate of Public Health, Generalitat Valenciana, Spain Centre for Public Health Research (CSISP), Valencia, Spain. Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health, CIBERESP, Spain.

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