Multiple sclerosis trait: the premorbid stage of multiple sclerosis. A hypothesis.

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The unexpectedly low rate of concordance in monozygotic (MZ) twins with multiple sclerosis (MS) suggests that they share a systemic condition called the multiple sclerosis trait. This trait constitutes the premorbid stage of the disease and is quite distinct from asymptomatic MS. It results from the action of an antigenic challenge to the immune system of a genetically susceptible person but is short of producing...

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