Open Access<p>Relationship Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Disease Activity in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Ahvaz, Iran</p>
Author(s) -
Esmat Rasouli,
Narges Sadeghi,
Abazar Parsi,
Seyed Jalal Hashemi,
Morteza Nayebi,
Aliakbar Shayesteh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical and experimental gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-7023
DOI - 10.2147/ceg.s254278
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d deficiency , inflammatory bowel disease , vitamin d and neurology , ulcerative colitis , outpatient clinic , gastroenterology , disease , crohn's disease , prospective cohort study , vitamin
Previous studies have shown that vitamin D plays an important role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This study was designed to investigate the relationship between vitamin D levels and disease activity in IBD patients in Ahvaz, Iran.