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Depression, trauma, stressful life events and childhood infections in patients with multiple sclerosis in the Polish population – a case-control study

Katarzyna Rosiak
,
Przemysław M. Waszak
,
Magdalena Pierucka
,
Dorota Dydjow-Bendek
,
Paweł Zagożdżon
,
Katarzyna Trzeciak-Bilska
,
Ewa Knitter

Adv Psychiatry Neurol 2026; 35 (1): 19-27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2026.159798
Online publish date: 2026/03/04
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