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Confirmation of association between MS, CYP27B1 & Vitami

Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 10:58 pm
by MSUK
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Multiple sclerosis is a complex inflammatory disease that is characterized by lesions in the central nervous system.

Both genes and other environmental factors influence disease susceptibility. One of the environmental factors that has been implicated in MS and autoimmune disease, such as type 1 diabetes, is vitamin D deficiency, in which patients have lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OHD3) in blood than do controls.... Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1334