Primal Health Databank: Study
| Entry No: | 0151 |
| Title: | Exposure to measles in utero and Crohn's disease: Danish register study |
| Author(s): | Nielson LLW, Nielson NM, et al. |
| Reference: | BMJ 1998; 316: 196-7 |
| Place of Study: | Denmark |
| Abstract: | The authors identified the offspring of 25 women who had had measles during pregnancy and found no association between exposure to measles and Crohn's disease. None of the 22 individuals still alive (median age 51) was registered as having Crohn's disease and none of those who died as adults had been reported as having symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease. |
| Keyword(s): | Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, measles |
| Discussion: | See entry 0152 and 0153. |
| See Also: | 0152, 0153 |
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