Seasonal birth patterns in myositis subgroups suggest an etiologic role of early environmental exposures

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2719-2728

  Vegosen, Leora J ^a,b   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   O'Hanlon, Terrance P ^a   Targoff, Ira N ^c   Miller, Frederick W ^a   Rider, Lisa G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOSITIS; ONSET AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MYOSITIS; PARTURITION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547800620     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22751     Document Type: Article

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