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Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?

In this Perspective, Alberto Ascherio and Kassandra Munger discuss the implications of Richards and colleagues' study exploring the role of early-life obesity in risk of multiple sclerosis.

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Autores principales: Ascherio, Alberto, Munger, Kassandra L.
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/PMC4924836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27351631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054
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spelling pubmed-49248362016-07-18 Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis? Ascherio, Alberto Munger, Kassandra L. PLoS Med Perspective In this Perspective, Alberto Ascherio and Kassandra Munger discuss the implications of Richards and colleagues' study exploring the role of early-life obesity in risk of multiple sclerosis. Public Library of Science 2016-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4924836/ /pubmed/27351631 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054 Text en © 2016 Ascherio, Munger http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
title Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
title_full Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
title_fullStr Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
title_full_unstemmed Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
title_short Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
title_sort weighing evidence from mendelian randomization—early-life obesity as a causal factor in multiple sclerosis?
topic Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27351631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054
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