Effect of high-dose vitamin D3 intake on ambulation, muscular pain and bone mineral density in a woman with multiple sclerosis: A 10-year longitudinal case report

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 13461-13483

  van Amerongen, Barbara M ^a,b   Feron, François ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Mediterranée University   (France)

Author keywords

1,25(OH)2D; 25(OH)D; Ambulation; Bone mineral density; Coeliac disease; Malabsorption; Multiple sclerosis; Muscular pain; PTH; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; PARACETAMOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; MALABSORPTION; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYALGIA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOPENIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ANALGESIA; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; WALKING;

BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; WALKING;

EID: 84870672934     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131013461     Document Type: Article

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