Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis: Correlation, Causality, and Controversy
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Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis: Correlation, Causality, and Controversy
The last years, many studies reported associations between correlates of vitamin D exposure and several correlates of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity. This review discusses studies on vitamin D status, Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score, and relapse activity of MS. Furthermore, several considerations for intervention studies on vitamin D supplementation in MS are provided.
متن کاملvitamin 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...
متن کاملVitamin 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...
متن کاملVitamin D and multiple sclerosis.
The hypothesis that adequate vitamin D nutrition can contribute to the prevention of multiple sclerosis (MS) was originally proposed to explain the geographical distribution of MS, but only recently has the relation between various measures of vitamin D (eg, sun exposure, dietary sources, and serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D) and risk of developing MS been rigorously investigated. Ov...
متن کاملMultiple sclerosis and vitamin D
Andrew J. Solomon, MD WHAT IS VITAMIN D AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT IN MS? Vitamin D is a vitamin that acts like a hormone in the human body. We get vitamin D from sunlight, food, or dietary supplements. The study by Stein et al.1 examines the relationship of vitamin D and MS. In addition, a recent Patient Page in Neurology focused on the actions of vitamin D and vitamin D deficiency.2 The best lev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Autoimmune Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-0430
DOI: 10.4061/2011/629538