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Chickenpox and multiple sclerosis: A Mendelian randomization study.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2023
Zhu Gaizhi, Zhou Shan, Xu Yaqi, Gao Ran, Zhang Min, Zeng Qi, Su Wenting, Wang Renxi
Abstract excerpt
Observational studies have suggested a suspected association between varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection and multiple sclerosis (MS), but the connection has remained unclear. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the causal relationship between chickenpox which is caused by VZV infection and MS. We performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate the association of chickenpox with...
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