Vitamin D and multiple sclerosis: Timing of sampling, treatment and prevention

Biomarkers in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-195

  Sundström, Peter ^a   Salzer, Jonatan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

autoimmune diseases; biological specimen banks; multiple sclerosis; prospective studies; risk factors; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

CYP27B1 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SUNLIGHT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84875873048     PISSN: 17520363     EISSN: 17520371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/bmm.13.10     Document Type: Review

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