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Heat shock protein 70 gene polymorphism in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2001
Niino M, Kikuchi S, Fukazawa T, Yabe I, Sasaki H, Tashiro K
Abstract excerpt
Despite the strength of the association of multiple sclerosis (MS) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR2, other genetic elements could have a role in the pathophysiology of MS. We investigated possible associations with polymorphic susceptibility genes located within the HLA complex, i.e., heat-shock protein (HSP)70-1, HSP70-2, and HSP70-hom in Japanese patients with MS. Furthermore, we analyzed the influence of...
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