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HLA-DR2 dose effect on susceptibility to multiple sclerosis and influence on disease course.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2003
Barcellos L F, Oksenberg J R, Begovich A B, Martin E R, Schmidt S, Vittinghoff E, Goodin D S, Pelletier D, Lincoln R R, Bucher P, Swerdlin A, Pericak-Vance M A, Haines J L, Hauser S L
Abstract excerpt
Models of disease susceptibility in multiple sclerosis (MS) often assume a dominant action for the HLA-DRB1*1501 allele and its associated haplotype (DRB1*1501-DQB1*0602 or DR2). A robust and phenotypically well-characterized MS data set was used to explore this model in more detail. A dose effect of HLA-DR2 haplotypes on MS susceptibility was revealed. This observation suggests that, in addition to the role of...
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