Defective homocysteine metabolism as a risk factor for diabetic retinopathy
Defective homocysteine metabolism as a risk factor for diabetic retinopathy
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DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(05)61185-3
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发表时间:
1997-02-15
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168.9
通讯作者:
Wantanabe, T
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作者:
Neugebauer, S;Baba, T;Wantanabe, T
Ekbom and colleagues report an apparently strong association between prenatal exposure to measles and Crohn’s disease in later life. 1 We have recently completed a follow-up of 3076 people exposed to viral illnesses, including measles, during gestation, and 3076 not known to have been so exposed, matched on sex, birth date, and area of birth. This sample, Office of National Statistics study MR10, was assembled in the early 1980s to investigate the long-term effects of viral infections in utero. 2 The latest follow-up was during 1994–96, when the participants were aged 16–53, and used methods similar to those in the original study. After identification of people in the NHS Central Register, questionnaires concerning lifelong morbidity (including a question on the occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease) were sent to general practitioners. Practitioners were not informed of the exposure status of the patients. Death certificates had been collected on the study sample since its inception. Clinical information was coded according to ICD-9. 47 people were