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The inheritance of resistance alleles in multiple sclerosis.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2007
Ramagopalan Sreeram V, Morris Andrew P, Dyment David A, Herrera Blanca M, DeLuca Gabriele C, Lincoln Matthew R, Orton Sarah M, Chao Michael J, Sadovnick A Dessa, Ebers George C
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex trait in which alleles at or near the class II loci HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 contribute significantly to genetic risk. HLA-DRB1*15 and HLA-DRB1*17-bearing haplotypes and interactions at the HLA-DRB1 locus increase risk of MS but it has taken large samples to identify resistance HLA-DRB1 alleles. In this investigation of 7,093 individuals from 1,432 MS families, we have assessed...
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