Sun exposure and vitamin d are independent risk factors for cns demyelination

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1405-1406

  Lucas, R M ^a   Ponsonby, A L ^a   Valery, P ^a   Taylor, B ^a  

^a Ausimmune Investigator Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D;

DEMYELINATING DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; SUNLIGHT; AGE; ELASTOSIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN D;

EID: 82155203466     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182294610     Document Type: Letter

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