Multiple sclerosis and multiple moves: an etiologic hypothesis.
A case-control study of the number of childhood changes in residence of multiple sclerosis patients showed that cases had made significantly more moves than had controls. This difference may reflect a greater opportunity for exposure to a rare environmental agent or to multiple closely related agents.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States