Anna Broder, M.D., and Peter Barland, M.D.

Dr. Broder is Senior Fellow and Dr. Barland is Professor of Medicine (Emeritus), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Within the past 12 months, Drs. Broder and Barland report no commercial conflicts of interest;

Release Date: 03/23/2009
Termination Date: 03/23/2012

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

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Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, you should be able to:

• Discuss vitamin D metabolism and define vitamin D deficiency
• List the experimental evidence that vitamin D effects the immune system
• Review critically the evidence that vitamin D deficiency plays a role in the pathogenesis of rheumatologic and non-rheumatologic autoimmune diseases.

 

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