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Antonio Siniscalchi1, Piergiorgio Lochner2, Sabrina Anticoli3
1Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
Introduction:
Increasing evidence supports the relationship between vitamin D and stroke. Vitamin D has now been proposed as a prognostic biomarker also for functional outcome in stroke patients.
Methods:
A revision of the data suggests that low vitamin D is associated more with ischemic than with haemorrhagic stroke, even if the role of optimal vitamin D levels for vascular wall is still unclear. Vitamin D deficiency induces with different mechanisms an alteration of vascular wall.
Results:
However, to date, the research supporting the effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation in stroke and in post-stroke recovery is still inadequate and conclusive evidences have not been published.
Conclusion:
In this review, we provide a better understanding of the role of vitamin D in stroke.
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