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Oral Contraceptives and Multiple Sclerosis/Clinically Isolated Syndrome Susceptibility

BACKGROUND: The incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is rising in women. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are associated with MS risk and whether this varies by progestin content. METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study of females ages 14–48 ye...

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Autores principales: Hellwig, Kerstin, Chen, Lie H., Stancyzk, Frank Z., Langer-Gould, Annette M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26950301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149094