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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Vitamin D Levels Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Sudanese Patients: Prevalence and Correlation to Disease Activity – A Bicentric Study

Mohamed Elfaith Mustafa Mohamed1 Rheumatology Speciality Department, Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Khartoum, Sudan;2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, SudanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8790-3816
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Ziryab Imad Taha1 Rheumatology Speciality Department, Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Khartoum, Sudan;3 Department of Clinical Medicine, Medical and Cancer Research Institute (MCRI), Nyala, Sudan;4 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bahri, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan;5 Rheumatology Department, Ziryab Research Group, Khartoum, Sudan
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Salih Boushra Hamza2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan;5 Rheumatology Department, Ziryab Research Group, Khartoum, SudanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0231-2206
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Yassin A Abdalla2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Omdurman Islamic University, Khartoum, Sudan;5 Rheumatology Department, Ziryab Research Group, Khartoum, SudanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1981-8665
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Sufian K Noor6 Department of Internal Medicine, Nile Valley University, Faculty of Medicine, Atbara, Sudan
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Jimmy William5 Rheumatology Department, Ziryab Research Group, Khartoum, Sudan;7 General Internal Medicine Department, Sligo University Hospital, Sligo, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 181-187 | Received 10 Jul 2023, Accepted 16 Sep 2023, Published online: 20 Sep 2023

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