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Birth order and multiple sclerosis
Author(s) -
Cripps J.,
Rudd A.,
Ebers G. C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb06854.x
Subject(s) - birth order , sibling , multiple sclerosis , association (psychology) , medicine , pediatrics , demography , psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , population , sociology , psychotherapist
A correlation has been reported between the development of MS and sibling birth order. We have re‐examined the question in 2 groups of MS families. The first group consisted of 175 MS patients from single affected families. The second consisted of 36 families in which 2 or more sibs in the family had MS. Our results show no association between birth order and MS in single‐affected sibships. In multiplex sibships, affected individuals appear to be randomly ordered.