BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, cilt.113, sa.10, ss.610-611, 2012 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: Recently, it has been recognized that vitamin D not only is important for calcium metabolism and maintenance of bone healthy, but also plays an important role in reducing risk of many chronic diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, several cancers, heart and infectious diseases. In RA, the role of vitamin D is undefined.