HLA-DR15 is associated with lower age at onset in multiple sclerosis.

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To date, more than a dozen studies have investigated the role of HLA genes in determining clinical course and disease severity in multiple sclerosis (MS); in each of these studies, however, patient sample size has been small, and no consistent pattern has emerged from the results. For the present study, we determined HLA class II genotypes and catalogued clinical and demographic data for a total of 948 patients,...

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