Article
Multiple sclerosis: genomic rewards.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 15 Feb 2001
Oksenberg J R, Baranzini S E, Barcellos L F, Hauser S L
Abstract excerpt
A large body of immunologic, epidemiologic, and genetic data indicate that tissue injury in multiple sclerosis (MS) results from an abnormal immune response to one or more myelin antigens that develops in genetically susceptible individuals after exposure to an as-yet undefined causal agent. The genetic component of MS etiology is believed to result from the action of several genes of moderate effect. The...
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