Effects of birth months on rheumatic diseases in South Korea: a nationwide case-control study.

CONCLUSIONS: Seasonal variations in infectious agents, sun exposure, and food ingestion during gestation or early infancy seem to explain the association between birth month/season and development of rheumatic diseases. PMID: 31498065 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research