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CTLA4 is associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Jan 2003
Kantarci Orhun H, Hebrink David D, Achenbach Sara J, Atkinson Elizabeth J, Waliszewska Alicja, Buckle Guy, McMurray Cynthia T, de Andrade Mariza, Hafler David A, Weinshenker Brian G
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We comprehensively screened CTLA4 for novel genetic variations in patients with MS. We studied genetic variations by association methods in a population-based sample of 122 sporadic patients with MS and 244 age-, gender- and ethnicity-matched controls, and by linkage and family-based association methods in 395 individuals from 59 American multiplex pedigrees with 141 affected individuals. Being homozygous for...
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