Month of birth, vitamin D and risk of immune-mediated disease: a case control study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A season of birth effect in immune-mediated diseases (ID) such as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes has been consistently reported. We aimed to investigate whether season of birth influences the risk of rheumatoid arthritis, Cro...

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Main Authors: Disanto Giulio, Chaplin George, Morahan Julia M, Giovannoni Gavin, Hyppönen Elina, Ebers George C, Ramagopalan Sreeram V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/69