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Glypican 5 is an interferon-beta response gene: a replication study.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Aug 2009
Cénit M D C, Blanco-Kelly F, de las Heras V, Bartolomé M, de la Concha E G, Urcelay E, Arroyo R, Martínez A
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BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Interferon-beta is the most usual therapy in relapsing-remiting MS. However, approximately 50% of the treated patients do not respond adequately. Very recently, a genome-wide association study on interferon-beta pharmacogenetics has described polymorphisms at several genes that are associated with response to this...
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