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Mutations in the hemochromatosis gene (HFE) and multiple sclerosis.
Neuroscience letters - 5 Aug 2005
Ristić Smiljana, Lovrecić Luca, Brajenović-Milić Bojana, Starcević-Cizmarević Nada, Jazbec Sasa Sega, Sepcić Juraj, Kapović Miljenko, Peterlin Borut
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we have investigated whether HFE gene polymorphism may play a role in the disease process of Croatian and Slovenian MS patients and their potential genetic susceptibility to MS. We genotyped 314 MS patients and 400 healthy controls for the C282Y and H63D mutations by polymerase chain reaction/restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis. Our results showed no significant...
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