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Obesity and Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study

BACKGROUND: Observational studies have reported an association between obesity, as measured by elevated body mass index (BMI), in early adulthood and risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, bias potentially introduced by confounding and reverse causation may have influenced these findings. Therefo...

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Autores principales: Mokry, Lauren E., Ross, Stephanie, Timpson, Nicholas J., Sawcer, Stephen, Davey Smith, George, Richards, J. Brent
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/PMC4924848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27351487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002053