Estrogen-vitamin D interaction in multiple sclerosis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Disanto, Giulio ^a,b   Handel, Adam E ^a,b   Ramagopalan, Sreeram V ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; AROMATASE; CALCITRIOL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; VITAMIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGE OF ONSET; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 78650414342     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.047     Document Type: Letter

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