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A NOTCH4 association with multiple sclerosis is secondary to HLA-DR*1501.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jan 2004
Duvefelt K, Anderson M, Fogdell-Hahn A, Hillert J
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) with supposedly autoimmune features known to be associated with a specific HLA DR-DQ haplotype (DR15, DQ6, or HLDRB1*1501,DRB5*0101,DQA1*0102,DQB1*0602). We have previously reported that the associated haplotype extends to HLA-B and described an independent association with HLA-A alleles in MS. Owing to a complex...
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