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The interleukin 23 receptor gene in multiple sclerosis: a case-control study.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 1 Feb 2008
Roos Izaura M, Kockum Ingrid, Hillert Jan
Abstract excerpt
Variants of the gene coding for interleukin 23 receptor (IL23R) have been confirmed to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Based on similarities in the autoimmune features of IBD and multiple sclerosis (MS), we selected this gene for analysis as a candidate gene in MS. We tested 32 single nucleotide polymorphisms tagging all parts of the gene including 10 markers previously studied in IBD for...
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