No link between season of birth and subsequent development of Graves’ disease or toxic nodular goitre. A nationwide Danish register-based study

Background: Season of birth, an exogenous indicator of early life environment, has been linked with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes such as autoimmune thyroiditis, multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia later in life. Whether the development and cause of hyperthyroidism is influenced by seaso...

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Main Authors: Suvanjaa Sivalingam, Marianne Thvilum, Thomas Heiberg Brix, Laszlo Hegedüs, Frans Brandt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bioscientifica 2018-10-01
Series:Endocrine Connections
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Online Access:https://ec.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/ec/7/10/EC-18-0185.xml