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Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization-Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?

PLoS medicine - 1 Jun 2016

Ascherio Alberto, Munger Kassandra L

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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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PMID: 27351631
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054
PMCID: PMC4924836

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