A timing-of-birth effect on multiple sclerosis clinical phenotype

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-62

  Sadovnick, A D ^a,e   Duquette, P ^b   Herrera, B ^c   Yee, I M L ^a   Ebers, G C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PARTURITION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34347381489     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000265053.22905.64     Document Type: Article

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