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ea0026p511 | Bone/calcium/Vitamin D | ECE2011

Vitamin D in Southern Italy multiple sclerosis patients

Di Somma C , Vuolo L , Lanzillo R , Guerra E , Contaldi P , Rubino M , Morra V Brescia , Colao A

To evaluate vitamin D levels in relapsing remitting (RR) and secondary progressive (SP) courses of multiple sclerosis (MS) and to evaluate correlations between vitamin D and clinical features of disease progression, in a southern Italy population. 63 (41 RR and 22 SP) ‘naive’ MS patients (47 females, 16 males aged 37.7±5.7 years) and 63 healthy controls were enrolled. Patients were assessed through clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and laboratory invest...