Epstein-Barr virus candidate genes and multiple sclerosis.
Claire Simon K, Schmidt H, Loud S, Ascherio A.
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2015 Jan. 4(1):60-4. PMID: 25787055
Primary Faculty
Alberto Ascherio
Other Positions
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine
Medicine-Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Bibliography
Risk factors for multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica and transverse myelitis.
Simon KC, Schmidt H, Loud S, Ascherio A.
Mult Scler. 2015 May. 21(6):703-9. PMID: 25305254
Particulate matter and risk of Parkinson disease in a large prospective study of women.
Palacios N, Fitzgerald KC, Hart JE, Weisskopf MG, Schwarzschild MA, Ascherio A, Laden F.
Environ Health. 2014 Oct 07. 13:80. PMID: 25294559
Mendelian randomization of serum urate and parkinson disease progression.
Simon KC, Eberly S, Gao X, Oakes D, Tanner CM, Shoulson I, Fahn S, Schwarzschild MA, Ascherio A.
Ann Neurol. 2014 Dec. 76(6):862-8. PMID: 25257975
Dietary ?-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Fitzgerald KC, O'Reilly ÉJ, Falcone GJ, McCullough ML, Park Y, Kolonel LN, Ascherio A.
JAMA Neurol. 2014 Sep. 71(9):1102-10. PMID: 25023276
Not too late to take vitamin D supplements.
Ascherio A, Munger KL.
Ann Neurol. 2014 Sep. 76(3):321-2. PMID: 25131341
Molecular mechanism underlying the impact of vitamin D on disease activity of MS.
Munger KL, Köchert K, Simon KC, Kappos L, Polman CH, Freedman MS, Hartung HP, Miller DH, Montalbán X, Edan G, Barkhof F, Pleimes D, Sandbrink R, Ascherio A, Pohl C.
Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2014 Aug. 1(8):605-17. PMID: 25285313
Urate and neuroprotection trials.
Schwarzschild MA, Macklin EA, Ascherio A.
Lancet Neurol. 2014 Aug. 13(8):758. PMID: 25030508
Parental social responsiveness and risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring.
Lyall K, Constantino JN, Weisskopf MG, Roberts AL, Ascherio A, Santangelo SL.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2014 Aug. 71(8):936-42. PMID: 25100167
A prospective analysis of airborne metal exposures and risk of Parkinson disease in the nurses' health study cohort.
Palacios N, Fitzgerald K, Roberts AL, Hart JE, Weisskopf MG, Schwarzschild MA, Ascherio A, Laden F.
Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Sep. 122(9):933-8. PMID: 24905870
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