Multiple sclerosis and age at infection with common viruses

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-306

  Hernán, Miguel A ^a   Zhang, Shumin M ^a   Lipworth, Loren ^b,c   Olek, Michael J ^d   Ascherio, Alberto ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Childhood diseases; Dogs; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious diseases; Measles; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG DISEASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUMPS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; BIRTH ORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISTEMPER; DOGS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MEASLES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0035056468     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200105000-00009     Document Type: Article

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