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Association of protein kinase C alpha (PRKCA) gene with multiple sclerosis in a UK population.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Aug 2004
Barton A, Woolmore J A, Ward D, Eyre S, Hinks A, Ollier W E R, Strange R C, Fryer A A, John S, Hawkins C P, Worthington J
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Twin, family and adoption studies suggest that susceptibility to multiple sclerosis is substantially mediated by genetic factors. Linkage to human chromosome 17q, homologous to a locus linked to experimental animal models of multiple sclerosis, has been widely replicated and the region likely to harbour a multiple sclerosis susceptibility gene has recently been refined to a 2.5 Mb region of 17q22-24. The...
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