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Evaluation of the established non-MHC multiple sclerosis loci in an Indian population.
Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) - 1 Feb 2011
Pandit Lekha, Ban Maria, Sawcer Stephen, Singhal Bhim, Nair Shyam, Radhakrishnan Kurupath, Shetty Rajesh, Misri Z, Hegde Suresh, Bhat Irruvathur Gopalakrishna
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BACKGROUND: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating neurodegenerative disorder with a strong genetic component. OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of MS in India is low compared with white populations of Northern European descent. METHODS: In order to ascertain whether disease susceptibility genes are the same across different populations, we completed the first investigation in the Indian MS population of 15...
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