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Multiple sclerosis prevalence in Ireland: relationship to vitamin D status and HLA genotype.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Mar 2011
Lonergan R, Kinsella K, Fitzpatrick P, Brady J, Murray B, Dunne C, Hagan R, Duggan M, Jordan S, McKenna M, Hutchinson M, Tubridy N
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BACKGROUND: The relationship between prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) and latitude may be due to both genetic and environmental factors. The hypothesis that, in Ireland, MS prevalence is increasing and that north-south differences relate to variation in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels was tested in this study. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients and matched control subjects were identified in counties...
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