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Recent and almost daily vitamin D studies and news stories have 
demonstrated vitamin D is far more important to health and the 
immune system than previously recognized.  Fat malabsorption in 
celiac disease increases the risk of vitamin D deficiency, especially 
during winter months with low sun exposure.  The following study 
shows that UV lamps are effective for treating vitamin D deficiency 
when malabsorption syndromes severely limit absorption of vitamin D 
supplements.  For persistant symptoms of celiac disease, a UV lamp 
may be beneficial.  I've only found one UV lamp generally available 
which is specifically designed to produce UV spectrum best suited for 
vitamin D synthesis, the KBD D/UV Lamp, http://www.sperti.com/ .

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Photodermatol Photoimmunol Photomed. 2007 Oct;23(5):179-85. 
Treatment of vitamin D deficiency with UV light in patients with 
malabsorption syndromes: a case series.
Chandra P, Wolfenden LL, Ziegler TR, Tian J, Luo M, Stecenko AA, Chen 
TC, Holick MF, Tangpricha V.
Graduate Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences and Department of 
Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0781.2007.00302.x .

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