Re: "Familial risk of multiple sclerosis: A nationwide Cohort study" [3]

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 873-874

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Li, Xinjun ^b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^b   Sundquist, Kristina ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGISTER; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646254413     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj130     Document Type: Letter

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