Open AccessPrenatal and Perinatal Factors and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis
Author(s) -
Hannah Gardener,
Kassandra L. Munger,
Tanuja Chitnis,
Karin B. Michels,
Donna Spiegelman,
Alberto Ascherio
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0b013e31819ed4b9
Subject(s) - medicine , prenatal care , pregnancy , obstetrics , overweight , population , low birth weight , birth weight , obesity , environmental health , genetics , biology
A potential role of prenatal and perinatal exposures in autoimmunity has been hypothesized, but few studies have examined the relation between various prenatal and perinatal factors and the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS).