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HLA B*44: protective effects in MS susceptibility and MRI outcome measures.
Neurology - 17 Aug 2010
Healy B C, Liguori M, Tran D, Chitnis T, Glanz B, Wolfish C, Gauthier S, Buckle G, Houtchens M, Stazzone L, Khoury S, Hartzmann R, Fernandez-Vina M, Hafler D A, Weiner H L, Guttmann C R G, De Jager P L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In addition to the main multiple sclerosis (MS) major histocompatibility complex (MHC) risk allele (HLA DRB1*1501), investigations of the MHC have implicated several class I MHC loci (HLA A, HLA B, and HLA C) as potential independent MS susceptibility loci. Here, we evaluate the role of 3 putative protective alleles in MS: HLA A*02, HLA B*44, and HLA C*05. METHODS: Subjects include a clinic-based...
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