Exposure to measles in utero does not lead to Crohn's disease

Following Swedish studies that suggested a higher incidence of Crohn's disease among people born after a measles epidemic, Nielsen et al (p 196) performed a record linkage study of 33 pregnant women with measles in Copenhagen's infectious diseases hospital in 1915-66 and identified their offspring. They identified 26 offspring of 25 women. None had any evidence of Crohn's disease.


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