Metabolic bone disease among in-patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Journal article

Twenty-five consecutive in-patients who had suffered from rheumatoid arthritis for at least five years were investigated radiologically, histologically and biochemically for evidence of metabolic bone disease. Dietary intake of vitamin D was universally well below recommended levels. Serum 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OHD) concentrations did not correlate with dietary intake of vitamin D but correlated significantly with a sunlight exposure score (p less than 0.01). Despite seven patients ha...

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Authors: Wordsworth, B; Vipond, S; Woods, C; Mowat, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: British journal of rheumatology
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 251-257
• Publication date: 1984-11-01
• ISSN: 0263-7103
• Language: English
• Keywords: Vitamin D; Osteoporosis; Osteomalacia; Bone Diseases, Metabolic; Middle Aged; Aged; Tibia; Humans; Adult; Calcium; Male; Fibula; Female; Fractures, Bone; Arthritis, Rheumatoid