1. Association of vitamin D and multiple sclerosis in India.
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Pandit, Lekha, Ramagopalan, Sreeram V, Malli, Chaithra, D’Cunha, Anitha, Kunder, Ramya, and Shetty, Rajesh
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VITAMIN D , *MULTIPLE sclerosis risk factors , *BODY mass index , *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of solar radiation , *POLYMERASE chain reaction - Abstract
The article discusses a study regarding the link between Vitamin D and multiple sceloris (MS). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin (OH) D levels, body mass index (BMI), and amout of sun exposure were measured among 108 matched controls and 110 MS patients in India. HLA-DR typing was conducted using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Results show an inverse relationship between serum 25(OH) D and MS.
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- 2013
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