Vitamin D serum levels in patients with systemic sclerosis and very early systemic sclerosis (VEDOSS)
Vitamin D serum levels were found to be generally satisfactory in very early systemic sclerosis subjects, but they were reduced in systemic sclerosis patients. Advanced skin and microvascular involvement were found to predispose to hypovitaminosis D. Due to the well-documented immunomodulatory properties of vitamin D, studies are needed to determine whether vitamin D supplementation may prevent the subsequent evolution of very early systemic sclerosis into definite systemic sclerosis.
Authors
- Ciro Romano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5807-6601)
- Caterina Naclerio
- Giovanbattista D’Amico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5310-8635)
- Danilo Perretta
- Tiziana Nava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-8441)
- Carlo Iandoli
- Claudio Di Vico
- Maria Consiglia Trotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-5955)
- Giovanna Cuomo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4292-3589)
- Domenico Cozzolino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4968-8160)
Institutions
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders
- Published
- 2024-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23971983241265583
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42