Allergy, family history of autoimmune diseases, and the risk of multiple sclerosis

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Alonso, A ^a   Hernan M A ^a   Ascherio, A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergy; Autoimmune diseases; Case control studies; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37249002384     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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