Confounding Underlies the Apparent Month of Birth Effect in Multiple Sclerosis

OBJECTIVE: Several groups have reported apparent association between month of birth and multiple sclerosis. We sought to test the extent to which such studies might be confounded by extraneous variables such as year and place of birth. METHODS: Using national birth statistics from 2 continents, we a...

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Autores principales: Fiddes, Barnaby, Wason, James, Kemppinen, Anu, Ban, Maria, Compston, Alastair, Sawcer, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Original Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23744589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.23925

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23744589
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.23925

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