Open AccessEffect of Vitamin D3 on Untreated Graves' Disease with Vitamin D Deficiency
Author(s) -
Omar N. Alhuzaim,
Naji Aljohani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical medicine insights case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 1179-5476
DOI - 10.4137/ccrep.s13157
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , thyroid , vitamin d deficiency , endocrinology , vitamin , graves' disease , thyroid function tests
Besides its classical role in calcium and bone homeostasis, vitamin D is considered a potent immunomodulator that can affect the pathogenesis of several autoimmune diseases. Our aim is to evaluate the effect of vitamin D correction to a patient with new onset Graves' disease (GD) with an underlying vitamin D deficiency.
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