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Chromosome 17q22-q24 and multiple sclerosis genetic susceptibility. American-French Multiple Sclerosis Genetic Group.
Genes and immunity - 1 Nov 1999
Fontaine B, Cournu I, Arnaud I, Babron M C, Eichenbaum-Voline S, Oksenberg J R, Pericak-Vance M A, Haines J L, Semama G, Liblau R, Lyon-Caen O, Clerget-Darpoux F, Clanet M, Hauser S L
Abstract excerpt
Recently, genome-wide searches for multiple sclerosis (MS) susceptibility genes have suggested that the chromosome 17q22-q24 region might contain susceptibility genes in two sets of families of different ethnic backgrounds (Finnish and British). Therefore, we decided to test this region in two sets of families of different ethnic backgrounds (American and French), but collected according to the same diagnostic...
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