Seasonal Birth Patterns of Neurological Disorders

Neuroepidemiology - Tập 19 Số 4 - Trang 177-185 - 2000
Ε. Fuller Torrey1, Judy Miller1, Robert R. Rawlings2, Robert H. Yolken3
1Stanley Foundation Research Programs,
2Laboratory of Clinical Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, Md., and
3Stanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, Baltimore, Md., USA

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Existing seasonal birth studies were reviewed for multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), epilepsy, cerebral palsy, congenital malformations of the central nervous system and mental retardation. Epilepsy appears to have the most consistent pattern, with an excess of births in winter and a deficit in September. MS, ALS and possibly Parkinson’s disease appear to have an excess of spring births. Studies of cerebral palsy are not conclusive, although there are suggestions that there may be an excess of summer births. The findings for Alzheimer’s disease, congenital malformations of the central nervous system, and mental retardation are contradictory and insufficient to draw any conclusions.

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10.1016/0165-1781(91)90004-9

10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00092-3

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Neuroepidemiology

Tập 19 Số 4

177-185

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