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Parent-of-origin of HLA-DRB1*1501 and age of onset of multiple sclerosis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 2009
Ramagopalan Sreeram V, Byrnes Jake K, Dyment David A, Guimond Colleen, Handunnetthi Lahiru, Disanto Giulio, Yee Irene M, Ebers George C, Sadovnick A Dessa
Abstract excerpt
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex neurological trait. Allelic variation in the MHC class II region exerts the single strongest effect on MS genetic risk. The clinical onset of the disease is extremely variable, and can range from the first to the ninth decade of life. Epidemiological studies h...
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