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Sharing of a conserved haplotype suggests a susceptibility gene for multiple sclerosis at chromosome 17p11.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2002
He Bing, Giedraitis Vilmantas, Ligers Arturs, Binzer Michael, Andersen Peter M, Forsgren Lars, Sandkuijl Lodewijk A, Hillert Jan
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting in demyelination in the central nervous system (CNS). Increasing evidence supports that genetic factors confer susceptibility to MS. One locus, the HLA complex (6p21), has been identified as important in MS, but no other loci hav...
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