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A study of the HLA-DR region in clinical subgroups of multiple sclerosis and its influence on prognosis.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 May 1999
McDonnell G V, Mawhinney H, Graham C A, Hawkins S A, Middleton D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the HLA-DR associations in relapsing-remitting/secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (RR/SPMS) and primary progressive MS (PPMS). The HLA-DR2 allele (or its split, HLA-DRB1*15) is felt to be a risk factor for MS, rather than a genetic marker for the population of origin. Some studies have indicated a different HLA-DR antigen profile in PPMS patients compared with those having an...
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