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Vitamin D status predicts new brain magnetic resonance imaging activity in multiple sclerosis

Ellen M. Mowry, Emmanuelle Waubant, Charles E. McCulloch, Darin T. Okuda, Alan A. Evangelista, Robin Lincoln, Pierre‐Antoine Gourraud, Don Brenneman, Mary C. Owen, Pamela Qualley,

Annals of Neurology · 2012 · 268 citations · 27 references

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Vitamin D levels are inversely associated with MS activity on brain MRI. These results provide further support for a randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation.

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