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| Title |
Environmental factors in early childhood are associated with multiple sclerosis: a case-control study
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| Published in |
BMC Neurology, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2377-11-123 |
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| Authors |
Silja Conradi, Uwe Malzahn, Franziska Schröter, Friedemann Paul, Sabine Quill, Eike Spruth, Lutz Harms, Florian Then Bergh, Anna Ditzenbach, Thomas Georgi, Peter Heuschmann, Berit Rosche |
| Abstract |
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with increasing incidence mainly in high-income countries. One explanation of this phenomenon may be a higher prevalence of allergic and autoimmune diseases in industrialized countries as a consequence of otherwise beneficial advances in sanitation (hygiene hypothesis). We investigated environmental factors in early childhood associated with MS. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 68 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 67 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 15% |
| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 10 | 15% |
| Unknown | 18 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 34% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 3 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 11 | 16% |
| Unknown | 22 | 32% |