Multiple sclerosis and vitamin D

AJ Solomon - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
IN MS? Vitamin D is a vitamin that acts like a hormone in the human body. We get vitamin D
from sunlight, food, or dietary supplements. The study by Stein et al. 1 examines the …

Vitamin D supplementation in multiple sclerosis: Making a case for clarity

S Kimball, HE Hanwell, JM Burton… - Journal of the …, 2014 - jns-journal.com
You recently published a letter by Dr. Fragoso and colleagues [1] that provided a short
description of 21 patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who were treated …

Supplementing our understanding of vitamin D and multiple sclerosis

DM Wingerchuk - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Therapeutic progress for multiple sclerosis (MS) is accelerating, with several new
immunotherapies poised for pivotal randomized controlled trials or regulatory approval …

Preventing multiple sclerosis: To (take) vitamin D or not to (take) vitamin D?

RA Marrie, CA Beck - Neurology, 2017 - AAN Enterprises
Over 2 million persons worldwide have multiple sclerosis (MS), 1 and the burden of the
disease for affected individuals and society is substantial. A recent study estimated that by …

Vitamin D intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis

GC Ebers, AD Sadovnick, R Veith - Neurology, 2004 - AAN Enterprises
To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Munger et al. 1 A protective effect of
sunlight on multiple sclerosis (MS) risk was first suggested by Acheson et al. 2 Vitamin D is a …

Vitamin D deficiency leads to excessive B-cell responses in multiple sclerosis

I Fyfe - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2016 - nature.com
Vitamin D deficiency upregulates the immunoreactivity of B cells in patients with multiple
sclerosis (MS), according to a new study. The finding supports the hypothesis that vitamin D …

Vitamin D did not reduce multiple sclerosis disease activity after a clinically isolated syndrome

H Butzkueven, AL Ponsonby, MS Stein, RM Lucas… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] and low sunlight exposure are known
risk factors for the development of multiple sclerosis. Add-on vitamin D supplementation …

[PDF][PDF] A randomized trial of high-dose vitamin D2 in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

HH Leitner, L Grimaldi, F Barkhof, M Beelke, J Burton… - Neurology, 2012 - Citeseer
The conclusion of Stein et al. 1 that high-dose ineffective vs low-dose vitamin D2
supplementation in relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) is not supported by data enabling level 1 …

Multiple sclerosis and vitamin D: a review and recommendations

AJ Solomon, RH Whitham - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2010 - Springer
A relationship between vitamin D and several diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS),
has recently received interest in the scientific community. Vitamin D appears to have …

Vitamin D deficiency is an etiological factor for MS–No

A Langer-Gould, RM Lucas - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
If vitamin D deficiency causes multiple sclerosis (MS), as smoking causes lung cancer, then
we would expect this to be true across all racial/ethnic groups, and we would expect …