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. 2018 Feb 28;10(3):277. doi: 10.3390/nu10030277

Table 1.

Search strategies and results.

Database Search Strategy Retrieved Records
Pubmed ((stroke[MeSH Terms]) OR (cerebrovascular accident) OR (CVA) OR (brain vascular accident) OR (cerebrovascular stroke) OR (cerebral stroke)) AND ((vitamin D[MeSH Terms]) OR (ergocalciferol) OR (25(OH)D) OR (25-hydroxyvitamin D) OR (cholecalciferol)) 369
Embase (‘cerebrovascular accident’/exp OR ‘stroke’ OR ‘CVA’ OR ‘brain ischemia’ OR ‘brain vascular accident’ OR ‘cerebrovascular stroke’ OR ‘cerebral stroke’) AND (‘vitamin D’/exp OR ‘ergocalciferol’ OR ‘25(OH)D’ OR ‘25-hydroxyvitamin D’ OR ‘cholecalciferol’) AND [english]/lim AND [embase]/lim 1888
Cochrane library ((stroke[MeSH Terms]) OR (cerebrovascular accident) OR (CVA) OR (brain vascular accident) OR (cerebrovascular stroke) OR (cerebral stroke)) AND ((vitamin D[MeSH Terms]) OR (ergocalciferol) OR (25(OH)D) OR (25-hydroxyvitamin D) OR (cholecalciferol)) 62