Publication: Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?
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2016
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Ascherio, Alberto, and Kassandra L. Munger. 2016. “Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?” PLoS Medicine 13 (6): e1002054. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054.
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In this Perspective, Alberto Ascherio and Kassandra Munger discuss the implications of Richards and colleagues' study exploring the role of early-life obesity in risk of multiple sclerosis.
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Biology and Life Sciences, Physiology, Physiological Parameters, Body Weight, Obesity, Medicine and Health Sciences, Body Mass Index, Clinical Medicine, Clinical Immunology, Autoimmune Diseases, Multiple Sclerosis, Immunology, Neurology, Demyelinating Disorders, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Computational Biology, Genome Analysis, Genome-Wide Association Studies, Genetics, Genomics, Human Genetics, Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology, Pharmaceutics, Dose Prediction Methods, Observational Studies, Prospective Studies
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