In a secondary analysis of data extracted from a larger trial, Rolf et al. reported
that vitamin D (VitD; 14,000 IU daily for 9 months) had no significant effects either on depression ratings or on inflammatory
biomarkers that might be associated with depression and multiple sclerosis (MS) [
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Publication history
Published online: June 09, 2017
Accepted:
June 8,
2017
Received:
May 17,
2017
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