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Genetic basis for clinical expression in multiple sclerosis.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2002
Barcellos L F, Oksenberg J R, Green A J, Bucher P, Rimmler J B, Schmidt S, Garcia M E, Lincoln R R, Pericak-Vance M A, Haines J L, Hauser S L
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis is a clinically heterogeneous demyelinating disease and an important cause of acquired neurological disability. An underlying complex genetic susceptibility plays an important role in multiple sclerosis aetiology; however, the role of genetic factors in determining clinical features of multiple sclerosis is unknown. We studied 184 stringently ascertained Caucasian multiple sclerosis families...
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