Vitamin D as an Early Predictor of Multiple Sclerosis Activity and Progression

Ascherio, Alberto; L. Munger, Kassandra; White, Rick; Köchert, Karl; Claire Simon, Kelly; H. Polman, Chris; S. Freedman, Mark; Hartung, Hans‐Peter; H. Miller, David; Montalbán, Xavier; Edan, Gilles; Barkhof, Frederik; Pleimes, Dirk; Radü, Ernst‐Wilhelm; Sandbrink, Rupert; Kappos, Ludwig; Pohl, Christoph

doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.5993

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Vitamin D as an Early Predictor of Multiple Sclerosis Activity and Progression

Published in JAMA Neurology • Jan 20, 2014

Authors:

Alberto Ascherio

Kassandra L. Munger

Rick White

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: It remains unclear whether vitamin D insufficiency, which is common in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS), has an adverse effect on MS outcomes. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D), a marker of vitamin D status, predict disease act...

Subject

Multiple sclerosis

Expanded Disability Status Scale

Vitamin D and neurology

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