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Association between the IL7R T244I polymorphism and multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Nov 2011
Zhang Ruijie, Duan Lian, Jiang Yongshuai, Zhang Xuehong, Sun Peng, Li Jin, Zhang Mingming, Tang Guoping, Wang Xing, Li Xia
Abstract excerpt
Previously published analyses of the association between the interleukin 7 receptor (IL7R) T244I polymorphism (rs6897932) and multiple sclerosis (MS) have yielded conflicting results. We performed a meta-analysis to assess whether the combined data showed this association, and to investigate its effect size. We analyzed 10 studies identified from PubMed (12,185 MS patients and 15,855 controls) and calculated the...
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