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Low testosterone and myasthenia gravis in males: a national record-linkage study

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  1. Conditions used in reference cohort: cataract, otitis externa/media, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, upper respiratory tract infection, nasal polyp/deflected septum, teeth disorders, inguinal hernia, sebaceous cyst, internal derangement of knee, gall bladder disease, bunion, contraceptive management, limb fractures, hip replacement, knee replacement, tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, ingrown toenail and other diseases of nail, head injury, appendicectomy, superficial injury and contusions, dislocations sprains and strains.

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The use of these data sets was approved by the English National Research Ethics Service ref 04/Q2006/176. The building of the linked data sets and the development of the analytical software used to study disease associations were funded by the English National Institute for Health Research. This study had no specific funding. The funder had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the report, or the decision to submit for publication. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily reflect those of the funding body.

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    Julia Pakpoor, Raph Goldacre & Michael J. Goldacre

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Pakpoor, J., Goldacre, R. & Goldacre, M.J. Low testosterone and myasthenia gravis in males: a national record-linkage study. J Neurol 263, 2547–2548 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8319-5

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