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Genome-wide linkage screen of a consanguineous multiple sclerosis kinship.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Mar 2003
Modin H, Masterman T, Thorlacius T, Stefánsson M, Jónasdóttir A, Stefánsson K, Hillert J, Gulcher J
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS), like Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), is a common neurological disorder thought to be caused by the interaction of several genes with unknown environmental factors. In both AD and PD the identification of disease forms inherited in a classic Mendelian fashion has helped investigators elucidate pathogenetic mechanisms. In this study a whole-genome screen, with an...
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