Multiple sclerosis and milk: To drink or not to drink?

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-228

  Rutter, Emma R F ^a  

^a National Farmers Union   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy; Health; Milk; Multiple sclerosis; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; NICOTINIC ACID; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; SODIUM; THIAMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33750047531     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: 14710307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0307.2006.00280.x     Document Type: Review

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