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Variants in ST8SIA1 do not play a major role in susceptibility to multiple sclerosis in Canadian families.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 25 Jul 2009
Ramagopalan Sreeram V, Morrison Katie M, Para Andrea, Handel Adam, Disanto Giulio, Handunnetthi Lahiru, Orton Sarah M, Sadovnick A Dessa, Ebers George C
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex trait with a significant genetic component. Recent work has implicated the ST8SIA1 gene, encoding a ganglioside synthase, in susceptibility to the disease, perhaps with a parent-of-origin effect. In this investigation of 1318 MS patients from 756 Canadian families, we analysed the transmission of the four single nucleotide polymorphisms in ST8SIA previously shown to be...
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