Seasonality of birth month of children with celiac disease differs from that in the general population and between sexes and is linked to family history and environmental factors

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-185

  Lewy, Hadas ^a   Meirson, Hadas ^a   Laron, Zvi ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Perinatal viral infection; Seasonality of birth month

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT; ISRAEL; LABOR; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; SEASON; VIROLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; CELIAC DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ISRAEL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 66149137282     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181709530     Document Type: Article

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