Childhood Obesity and Risk of Pediatric MS

J. Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-3-3

Childhood Obesity and Risk of Pediatric MS

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 3

By: J. Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2013

Abstract

Researchers at Kaiser Permanente of Southern California studied a possible relation between childhood obesity and pediatric-onset multiple sclerosis (MS) or its potential precursor, clinically isolated syndrome (CIS), which encompasses optic neuritis (ON) and transverse myelitis (TM).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-3-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 19 - 19

Published on: Mar 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Clinically Isolated Syndrome,

Transverse Myelitis,

Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis

© 2013 J. Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 3