The role of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis
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Please cite this article in press as: M.T. Kampm doi:10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2010.04.003 Multiple sclerosis (MS) risk is determined by environmental influences acting on the individual genetic background. Recent epidemiologic and experimental evidence supports a role of low environmental supplies of vitamin D in mediating an increased susceptibility to MS. We review available evidence suggesting that vitamin D status may influence MS risk and even modulate clinical disease activity. The level of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D providing these effects remains to be determined. 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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