Publications by authors named "Carlos A Albuquerque Damasceno"
No correlation was observed between vitamin D levels and disability of patients with multiple sclerosis between latitudes 18° and 30° South.
Yara Dadalti Fragoso Tarso Adoni Soniza Vieira Alves-Leon Samira L Apostolos-Pereira Walter Oleschko Arruda Carlos A Albuquerque Damasceno
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
January 2017
Objective: Vitamin D has taken center stage in research and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS). The objective of the present study was to assess the serum vitamin D levels of a large population of patients with MS and controls living in a restricted tropical area.
Methods: Data from 535 patients with MS and 350 control subjects were obtained from 14 cities around the Tropic of Capricorn.