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Evaluating association and transmission of eight inflammatory genes with Viliuisk encephalomyelitis susceptibility.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 2004
Oleksyk T K, Goldfarb L G, Sivtseva T, Danilova A P, Osakovsky V L, Shrestha S, O'Brien S J, Smith M W
Abstract excerpt
Since the discovery of Viliuisk encephalomyelitis (VE) in 1887, scientists have tried to understand the natural history and aetiology of this endemic neurological disorder among the native Sakha population of Central Siberia. Familial aggregation and segregation analysis suggested a genetic influence on VE incidence. However, recent studies have implicated an unknown virus, possibly from the alpha herpesvirus...
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