Increased risk of multiple sclerosis among women with migraine in the Nurses' Health Study II

Multiple Sclerosis Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-97

  Kister, Ilya ^a   Munger, Kassandra L ^b   Herbert, Joseph ^a   Ascherio, Alberto ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

migraine; multiple sclerosis; natural history studies (prognosis); risk factors in epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRAINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84855929947     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458511416487     Document Type: Article

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