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Multiple sclerosis and the CTLA4 autoimmunity polymorphism CT60: no association in patients from Germany, Hungary and Poland.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Mar 2008
Greve Bernhard, Simonenko Rostislav, Illes Zsolt, Peterfalvi Agnes, Hamdi Nada, Mycko Marcin P, Selmaj Krzysztof W, Rozsa Csilla, Rajczy Katalin, Bauer Peter, Berger Klaus, Weissert Robert
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in the CTLA4 gene region have been associated with susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. The recently described single nucleotide polymorphism CT60, located in the 3' untranslated region of CTLA4 is associated with Graves' disease, thyroiditis, autoimmune diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. A case-control association study was conducted in German, Hungarian and Polish multiple sclerosis (MS)...
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