Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis: An Open-Ended Story
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vitamin d and multiple sclerosis.
multiple sclerosis (ms) is a chronic demyelinating disease and also is one of the most common disabling neurological disorders in young and middle-aged adults. the main pathogenesis of ms has long been thought to be an immune mediated disorder of the central nervous system. the function of the immune system is under the influence of vitamin d which as a modulator of immune response could play a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Biochemistry Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1874-091X
DOI: 10.2174/1874091x01913010088