The influence of nutritional factors on the prognosis of multiple sclerosis

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 678-689

  Von Geldern, Gloria ^a   Mowry, Ellen M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA INTERFERON; CALCITRIOL; CHOLESTEROL; CURCUMIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLATIRAMER; GLUTEN; INOSINE; LOPERAMIDE; MILK PROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLACEBO; POLYPHENOL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RESVERATROL; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; THIOCTIC ACID; UNINDEXED DRUG; URIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84870792480     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.194     Document Type: Review

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