Nonspecific pain is a marker for hypovitaminosis D in patients undergoing evaluation for sleep disorders: A pilot study

Nature and Science of Sleep

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-42

  McCarty, David E ^a   Reddy, Aronkumar ^a   Keigley, Quinton ^b   Kim, Paul Y ^a   Cohen, Stephen ^b   Marino, Andrew A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University School of Medicine Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Linear discriminant analysis; Pain; Receiver operating analysis; Sleep; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879298324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/NSS.S42641     Document Type: Article

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