SLE or Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the organs and swelling of the joints. It has vast effects on the renal, skeletal, gastrointestinal and blood systems. It affects mostly people of Chinese and African origin and presents in a capricious and unpredictable manner.
Vitamin D and autoimmune rheumatic diseases.
Cutolo M.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Mar;48(3):210-2. Epub 2008 Oct 17.
PMID: 18930963
doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken394