Not too late to take vitamin D supplements

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-322

  Ascherio, Alberto ^a   Munger, Kassandra L ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; REGISTER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGISTRIES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84907816948     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24239     Document Type: Note

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