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Is vitamin D deficiency a reliable risk factor for multiple sclerosis development?
Affiliations- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases Diagnostic, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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Abstract
Abstract
Keywords
vitamin 25(0H)D, multiple sclerosis
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Is vitamin D deficiency a reliable risk factor for multiple sclerosis development?
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Article type
Letter to the Editors
Pages
388-389
Published online
2019-09-20
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Neurol Neurochir Pol 2019;53(5):388-389.
Keywords
vitamin 25(0H)D
multiple sclerosis
Authors
Joanna Tarasiuk
Katarzyna Kapica-Topczewska
Monika Chorąży
Barbara Mroczko
Jan Kochanowicz
Alina Kułakowska
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