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Bias in parental transmission of the HLA-DR3 allele in Sardinian multiple sclerosis.
Neurology - 28 Sept 2004
Marrosu M G, Sardu C, Cocco E, Costa G, Murru M R, Mancosu C, Murru R, Lai M, Contu P
Abstract excerpt
The authors analyzed the female: male (F:M) ratio according to the HLA-DRB1-DQB1 genotype in a cohort of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from Sardinia, where the disease is associated with DR3 and DR4. In the whole cohort of 1,097 patients, F:M ratio was 2.24; however, it was 2.88 in DR3/DR3 and 2.52 in DR3/DRX (X#DR3 and DR4) individuals. Parental transmission of DR3 and DR4, assessed in a set of 565...
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