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Autoimmune disease in families with multiple sclerosis: a population-based study.
The Lancet. Neurology - 1 Jul 2007
Ramagopalan Sreeram Varadharajan, Dyment David Alexandre, Valdar William, Herrera Blanca Marcela, Criscuoli Maria, Yee Irene Mei Ling, Sadovnick Adele Dessa, Ebers George Cornell
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Evidence of an association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases would substantiate the hypothesis that MS is an autoimmune disease, and implicate a common mechanism. We aimed to investigate and compare the rate of autoimmune disease in MS patients, in their first-degree relatives, and in their unrelated spouses. METHODS: We used data from a national, multicentre,...
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