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Breastfeeding and multiple sclerosis relapses: a meta-analysis

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Prof. Christian Confavreux (Lyon, France), Prof. Sandra Vukusic (Lyon, France), Dr. Michael Hutchinson (Dublin, Ireland), Dr. Laura Airas (Turku, Finland) and Dr. Nora Fernández Liguori (Buenos Aires, Argentina) for kindly providing us with raw data from their studies. This work was funded by the Medical Research Council [grant no. G0801976]. No funding bodies had any role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review or approval of the manuscript.

Conflicts of interest

Ms. Pakpoor reports no disclosures. Dr. Disanto is funded by a research fellowship FISM-Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla-Cod.: 2010/B/5. Ms. Lacey reports no disclosures. Dr. Hellwig has received speaker honoraria and research support from Bayer Schering Pharma, Merck Serono, Biogen Idec, Pfizer Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.-Sanofi-Aventis. Prof. Giovannoni serves on scientific advisory boards for Merck Serono, Biogen Idec and Vertex Pharmaceuticals; served on the editorial board of Multiple Sclerosis; has received speaker honoraria from Bayer Schering Pharma, Merck Serono, Biogen Idec, Pfizer Inc., Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.–Sanofi-Aventis, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Genzyme Corp., Ironwood and Novartis; has served as a consultant for Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono, Protein Discovery Laboratories, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.–Sanofi-Aventis, UCB, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, GW Pharma, Novartis and FivePrime; serves on the speakers bureau for Merck Serono; and has received research support from Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Merck Serono, Novartis, UCB, Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.–Sanofi-Aventis, GW Pharma and Ironwood. Dr. Ramagopalan receives research support from the Multiple Sclerosis Society of the UK.

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  1. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Julia Pakpoor, Giulio Disanto & Sreeram V. Ramagopalan

  2. Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Julia Pakpoor, Giulio Disanto & Sreeram V. Ramagopalan

  3. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Melanie V. Lacey & Sreeram V. Ramagopalan

  4. Department of Neurology, St. Josef Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

    Kerstin Hellwig

  5. Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London, E1 2AT, UK

    Gavin Giovannoni & Sreeram V. Ramagopalan

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Pakpoor, J., Disanto, G., Lacey, M.V. et al. Breastfeeding and multiple sclerosis relapses: a meta-analysis. J Neurol 259, 2246–2248 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6553-z

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