Sahar Saad Ibrahim <br/><br/>
Estimation of vitamin D level and its effect on bone density in systemic sclerosis patients /  
 تقييم مستوى فيتامين د بالدم و دراسة مدى تأثيره على كثافة العظام فى مرضى التصلب الشامل 
Sahar Saad Ibrahim ; Supervised Manal Mohamed Sedky , Lamiaa Ali Mansour , Hend Helal Alsherbeni 
 - Cairo :   Sahar Saad Ibrahim ,   2011 
 - 192 P. ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 
<br/><br/> The specific aim was to study the level of vitamin D in systemic sclerosis patients and to study its effect on bone density evaluated by DEXA. 25 patients with systemic sclerosis and 25 healthy persons who served as control participated in this study. All patients and controls were subjected to full history taking, clinical examination, laboratory investigations (including serum 25 (OH) vitamin D) and radiological evaluation including DEXA 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>DEXA Systemic sclerosis Vitamin D