Abstract
[1],[2],[3] Dietary Vitamin D, in addition to endogenous Vitamin D have been found to be inversely associated with the prevalence of Parkinson's disease. [4] Vitamin D has been found to be a potential modulator of neurodegenerative disorders due to the widespread presence of Vitamin D receptors in the human brain along with 1-alpha-hydroxylase, the enzyme responsible for activation of Vitamin D.[3] There have been reported cases of hypercalcemia secondary to hyperparathyroidism causing parkinsonian symptoms. Vitamin D supplementation leading to parkinsonian features in not widely reported in literature.
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1 Department of Medicine, Grant Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra
2 Department of Medicine, ESI-PGIMSR, Kolkata, West Bengal
3 Department of Neurology, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal