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Influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on the susceptibility and resistance to multiple sclerosis in Japanese patients with respect to anti-aquaporin 4 antibody status.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Feb 2010
Isobe N, Matsushita T, Yamasaki R, Ramagopalan S V, Kawano Y, Nishimura Y, Ebers G C, Kira J
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BACKGROUND: Epistatic interactions between human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 alleles alter multiple sclerosis (MS) risk in Caucasians. Such interactions have never been studied in Asian MS patients. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles, including epistatic interactions at this locus, in Japanese MS patients with and without the anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibody. METHODS: The HLA-DRB1 locus...
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