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

Alberto Ascherio; Kassandra L. Munger

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054

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

Alberto Ascherio ,

* E-mail: aascheri@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kassandra L. Munger

Affiliation Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Weighing Evidence from Mendelian Randomization—Early-Life Obesity as a Causal Factor in Multiple Sclerosis?

Alberto Ascherio,
Kassandra L. Munger

Published: June 28, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002054

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