Modest familial risks for multiple sclerosis: A registry-based study of the population of Sweden

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 770-778

  Westerlind, Helga ^a   Ramanujam, Ryan ^a   Uvehag, Daniel ^a   Kuja Halkola, Ralf ^a   Boman, Marcus ^a   Bottai, Matteo ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Hillert, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

familial recurrence; familial risk; multiple sclerosis; twin study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND DEGREE RELATIVE; SIBLING; SWEDEN; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOSITY;

FAMILIAL RECURRENCE; FAMILIAL RISK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; TWIN STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894595574     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt356     Document Type: Article

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