UV radiation, vitamin D, and multiple sclerosis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 33, 2010, Pages

  Handunnetthi, Lahiru ^a   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCITRIOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN;

DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 77957039204     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004603107     Document Type: Letter

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