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Revealing the genetic basis of multiple sclerosis: are we there yet?
Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Jun 2011
Baranzini Sergio E
Abstract excerpt
For more than 30 years the only genetic factor associated with susceptibility to multiple sclerosis (MS) was the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region. Recent advancements in genotyping platforms and the development of more effective statistical methods resulted in the identification of 16 more genes by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in the last three years alone. While the effect of each of these genes is...
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