We thank Shukla et al. for their critical appraisal of our work. Regarding the first
comment: we agree, as already mentioned in the manuscript, that our exploratory study
has its limitations and did not reveal major new insights in the role vitamin D3 may have in the treatment of major depression in multiple sclerosis (MS). Regarding
the ethical concerns of Shukla et al., we think there are some important nuances which
make our study different from the study discussed by Lo and Grady [
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Publication history
Published online: June 09, 2017
Accepted:
June 8,
2017
Received:
June 7,
2017
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