A majority of Parkinson's disease patients had insufficient levels of vitamin D in a new study from Emory University School of Medicine. The fraction of Parkinson's patients with vitamin D insufficiency, 55 percent, was significantly more than patients with Alzheimer's disease (41 percent) or healthy elderly people (36 percent). The finding adds to evidence that low vitamin D is associated with Parkinson's, says first author Marian Evatt, MD, assistant professor of neurology at Emory.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Lack Of Vitamin D Linked To Parkinson's Disease
Posted by Willow at 9:45 pm
Labels: Parkinson's disease, Vitamin D deficiency
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